Massachusetts Book Award2010

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Andere Namen: Mass Book Awards (Englisch), Massachusetts Must-Read (Englisch)
48 Werke 18,378 Bücher 1,142 Rezensionen ½ 3.8
Awarded by the Massachusetts Center for the Book
Each year, the MassBooks recognize significant achievements in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature from the previous mehr anzeigen calendar year. To be eligible, books must have been written by authors who currently live and work in Massachusetts or must present topics of particular and specific importance to the Commonwealth regardless of their author’s residency.
Throughout the award year, we promote an award winner and two honors books in each of the four award categories by producing/hosting reading, discussion, and activity guides for each title at our web site and by featuring the books at the Massachusetts table in the Pavilion of the States at the National Book Festival. The award and honors titles are also deposited in Special Collections at the State Library.
Massachusetts Book Award website
The 1st annual awards were made in 2001 weniger anzeigen
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Alle, 2023 (61), 2022 (63), 2021 (64), 2020 (59), 2019 (60), 2018 (60), 2017 (60), 2016 (60), 2015 (30), 2014 (24), 2013 (24), 2012 (48), 2011 (48), 2010 (48), 2009 (50), 2008 (12), 2007 (12), 2006 (12), 2005 (12), 2004 (12), 2003 (12), 2002 (13), 2001 (25)

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WerkKategorieJahr
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon von Grace LinChildren's / Young Adult2010
Woodsburner von John PipkinFiction2010
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island von Vincent J. CannatoNonfiction2010
This is the red door von James R. WhitleyPoetry2010

Must-Read (Longlist) 48

WerkKategorieJahr
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon von Grace LinChildren's / Young Adult2010
Reality Check von Peter AbrahamsChildren's / Young Adult2010
Living sunlight : how plants bring the earth to life von Molly BangChildren's / Young Adult2010
Tess's Tree von Jess M. BrallierChildren's / Young Adult2010
A Book von Mordicai GersteinChildren's / Young Adult2010
Pennies for Elephants von Lita JudgeChildren's / Young Adult2010
Newsgirl von Liza KetchumChildren's / Young Adult2010
Sticky Burr #2: The Prickly Peril von John LechnerChildren's / Young Adult2010
Secret Keeper von Mitali PerkinsChildren's / Young Adult2010
Under the Snow von Melissa StewartChildren's / Young Adult2010
Marcelo in the Real World von Francisco StorkChildren's / Young Adult2010
The Other Half of Life: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis von Kim Ablon WhitneyChildren's / Young Adult2010
Woodsburner von John PipkinFiction2010
Four Freedoms von John CrowleyFiction2010
Day After Night von Anita DiamantFiction2010
Der Sommer auf der Veranda: Roman von Juliette FayFiction2010
Stealing Fatima: A Novel von Frank X. GasparFiction2010
The Story Sisters von Alice HoffmanFiction2010
The History of Now von Daniel KleinFiction2010
Hound von Vincent McCaffreyFiction2010
Das letzte Kapitel von Matthew PearlFiction2010
Lark and Termite von Jayne Anne PhillipsFiction2010
Triple Time von Anne SanowFiction2010
Mrs. Somebody Somebody von Tracy WinnFiction2010
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island von Vincent J. CannatoNonfiction2010
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft von Ulrich BoserNonfiction2010
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas von Augusten BurroughsNonfiction2010
Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town von Elyssa EastNonfiction2010
Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: an Epic Quest for Reality among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms von Ethan GilsdorfNonfiction2010
The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide von Dick LehrNonfiction2010
Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts von Elise LemireNonfiction2010
Milliardär per Zufall: Die Gründung von Facebook - eine Geschichte über Sex, Geld, Freundschaft und Betrug von Ben MezrichNonfiction2010
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women von Harriet ReisenNonfiction2010
Fresh Pond: The History of a Cambridge Landscape von Jill SinclairNonfiction2010
The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue von Michael J. TougiasNonfiction2010
A Brave Vessel von Hobson WoodwardNonfiction2010
This is the red door von James R. WhitleyPoetry2010
The Unpredictability of Light von Marguerite Guzman BouvardPoetry2010
History of Hurricanes: Poems (Triquarterly Books) von Teresa CaderPoetry2010
Long Division von Andrea CohenPoetry2010
A Village Life von Louise GlückPoetry2010
The Us: Poems von Joan HoulihanPoetry2010
The Looking House: Poems von Fred MarchantPoetry2010
Evidence: Poems von Mary OliverPoetry2010
Lost Alphabet von Lisa OlsteinPoetry2010
The seven deadly sins : and other poems von David R. SlavittPoetry2010
Steerage von Bert SternPoetry2010
Wheeling Motel von Franz WrightPoetry2010

Beschreibungen

Awarded by the Massachusetts Center for the Book
Each year, the MassBooks recognize significant achievements in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature from the previous calendar year. To be eligible, books must have been written by authors who currently live and work in Massachusetts or must present topics of particular and specific importance to the Commonwealth regardless of their author’s residency.
Throughout the award year, we promote an award winner and two honors books in each of the four award categories by producing/hosting reading, discussion, and activity guides for each title at our web site and by featuring the books at the Massachusetts table in the Pavilion of the States at the National Book Festival. The award and honors titles are also deposited in Special Collections at the State Library.
Massachusetts Book Award website
The 1st annual awards were made in 2001 (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)
Massachusetts Book Awards

The Massachusetts Book Awards highlight the work of our vital contemporary writing community and encourage readers to do some "close reading" of those imaginative works created by the authors among us. Throughout the award year, we a list of "Must Reads " in each of four award categories -- fiction, nonfiction, poetry & children's/young adult literature -- that have been written by Massachusetts writers or about Massachusetts themes. We also publish an annual MassBook Census of Massachusetts books. In the Fall, we name promote an award winner in each of the categories. (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)

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