Minnesota Book Award Short Lists Announced



FYI! During the month of March, all Minnesotans are invited to take part in voting for the Readers’ Choice Award. Readers will find the voting link at
www.thefriends.org to choose one of the Minnesota Book Award finalists from all eight categories. The finalist with the most votes will be awarded the Readers’ Choice Award at the Gala.


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Published: Clarion Books, 10/2011
Children’s Literature

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Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 5/2011
Children’s Literature

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Published: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, 2/2011
Children’s Literature

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Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 10/2011
Children’s Literature

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Published: Rodale Books, 10/2011
General Nonfiction

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Published: Oxford University Press, 2/2011
General Nonfiction

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ISBN-13: 9780873518192
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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 9/2011
General Nonfiction

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ISBN-13: 9780816667437
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 4/2011
General Nonfiction

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ISBN-13: 9781590588208
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Published: Poisoned Pen Press, 1/2011
Genre Fiction

The Bone House (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780312562830
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Published: Minotaur Books, 3/2011
Genre Fiction

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ISBN-13: 9780062000378
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 9/2011
Genre Fiction

Northwest Angle (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9781439153956
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Published: Atria Books, 8/2011
Genre Fiction

For Love of Lakes (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9781611860214
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Published: Michigan State University Press, 1/2012
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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ISBN-13: 9780299282141
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Published: University of Wisconsin Press, 6/2011
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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ISBN-13: 9780306818448
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Published: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 4/2011
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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ISBN-13: 9780979650949
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Published: Blueroad Press, 7/2011
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1/2011
Minnesota

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Published: Nodin Press, 4/2011
Minnesota

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Published: Afton Historical Society Press, 4/2011
Minnesota

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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 9/2011
Minnesota

In Caddis Wood (Paperback)

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Published: Graywolf Press, 9/2011
Novel & Short Story

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Published: University of Massachusetts Press, 4/2011
Novel & Short Story

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Published: Milkweed Editions, 5/2011
Novel & Short Story

Merit Badges (Paperback)

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Published: New Issues Poetry Press, 4/2011

Novel & Short Story 


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Bodies of Light
by Athena Kildegaard

 

Poetry 

 


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ISBN-13: 9781555975814
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Published: Graywolf Press, 3/2011

Poetry 


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Buddha, Proof
by Su Smallen


With or Without You (Paperback)

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Published: Simon Pulse, 5/2011

Poetry 

 




   
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A Good American (Hardcover)

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Published: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 2/2012
It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they take one destined for New Orleans instead (“What’s the difference? They’re both new”), and later find themselves in the small town of Beatrice, Missouri. Not speaking a word of English, they embark on their new life together. Beatrice is populated with unforgettable characters: a jazz trumpeter from the Big Easy who cooks a mean gumbo, a teenage boy trapped in the body of a giant, a pretty schoolteacher who helps the young men in town learn about a lot more than just music, a minister who believes he has witnessed the Second Coming of Christ, and a malevolent, bicycle-riding dwarf. A Good American is narrated by Frederick and Jette’s grandson, James, who, in telling his ancestors’ story, comes to realize he doesn’t know his own story at all. Poignant, funny, and heartbreaking, A Good American is a novel about being an outsider—in your country, in your hometown, and sometimes even in your own family.

The Golden Hour (Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9780451237088
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Published: NAL Trade, 2/2012
Book coverSeventeen-year-old Giovanna Bellini sees firsthand the devastating effects of the war. Following the Italian government’s peace agreement with the Allies, Giovanna watches as the German military invades her town, forming a hostile occupying army. At first, Giovanna is fascinated by the Nazi officers, but as the war strips away Giovanna’s naïveté and harsh realities are exposed, her brother Giorgio recruits her to aid in the Italian Resistance. When she is asked to hide wounded Jewish freedom fighter Mario Rava, Giovanna finds herself falling for the brave young man. The world around her is in constant turmoil and when terrible truths are revealed, threatening the lives of everyone Giovanna cares about, she is forced to make unimaginable sacrifices and decisions.



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