Great Lakes Book Award

Given by Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association

116 Obras / 118 Items 166,228 Libros 5,630 Reseñas 4.0
"Founded in 1995, The Great Lakes Book Awards annually honor the year’s brightest and most deserving books about America’s heartland. Established by the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, the mostrar más purpose of the awards is to recognize and reward excellence in the writing and publishing of books that capture the spirit and enhance awareness of the Great Lakes region."
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Stages:
Todos, Winner (46), Honor Book (1), Finalist (71)
Categorias:
Years:
Todos, 2009 (4), 2008 (21), 2007 (4), 2006 (3), 2005 (23), 2004 (19), 2003 (21), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (3), 1999 (4), 1998 (2), 1997 (3), 1996 (3)

Winner 46

ObraCategoríaAño
The Blind Faith Hotel por Pamela ToddChildren's Chapter Book2009
La señora de los libros por Heather HensonChildren's Picture Book2009
The Great Perhaps por Joe MenoFiction2009
The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight por Mark CaroGeneral2009
Elias de Buxton por Christopher Paul CurtisChildren's Chapter Books2008
Toy Boat por Randall De SèveChildren's Picture Books2008
Keeping the House por Ellen BakerFiction2008
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes por Ted McClellandGeneral Nonfiction2008
Dairy Queen por Catherine Gilbert MurdockChildren's2007
Agua para elefantes por Sara GruenFiction2007
The Great Lakes Water Wars por Peter AnninGeneral Nonfiction2007
A Good Night Walk por Elisha CooperChildren's2006
The Kindness of Strangers por Katrina KittleFiction2006
Made in Detroit por Paul ClemensGeneral Nonfiction2006
Bucking the Sarge por Christopher Paul CurtisChildren's2005
An Unfinished Season por Ward JustFiction2005
Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America por Fergus M. BordewichGeneral Nonfiction2005
Esta noche digo adiós por Michael KorytaMystery/Intrigue2005
El enigma Vermeer por Blue BalliettChildren's Chapter Book2004
Boxes for Katje por Candace FlemingChildren's Picture Book2004
Ursula, Under por Ingrid HillFiction2004
One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream por Phyllis VineGeneral Nonfiction2004
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings por Deborah HopkinsonChildren's2003
Middlesex por Jeffrey EugenidesFiction2003
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight por James TobinGeneral Nonfiction2003
Fair Weather por Richard PeckChildren's Medal Winner2002
The Dive from Clausen's Pier por Ann PackerFiction2002
Lake Effect por Rich CohenGeneral Nonfiction2002
The Journey por Sarah StewartChildren's2001
The Hatbox Baby por Carrie BrownFiction2001
Taken for a Ride : How Daimler-Benz Drove off with Chrysler por Bill VlasicGeneral Nonfiction2001
The Barn Burner por Patricia WillisChildren's2000
Midnight Champagne por A. Manette AnsayFiction2000
Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality por Thomas LynchGeneral Nonfiction2000
The Legend of Mackinac Island por Kathy-jo WarginChildren's1999
Four Corners of Night por Craig HoldenFiction1999
Places of Grace: The Natural Landscapes of the American Midwest por Gary IrvingGeneral1999
The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma por Alex KotlowitzNonfiction1999
The Broken Blade por William DurbinChildren's1998
Dewey Defeats Truman por Thomas MallonFiction1998
Big Annie of Calumet: A True Story of the Industrial Revolution por Jerry StanleyChildren's1997
Read This and Tell Me What It Says por A. Manette AnsayFiction1997
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America por Donald L. MillerGeneral Nonfiction1997
Once on This Island por Gloria WhelanChildren's1996
Writing from the Center por Scott Russell SandersGeneral1996
Superior: Journeys on an Inland Sea por Gary McGuffinHistory & Culture1996

Honor Book 1

ObraCategoríaAño
The Shoe Tree of Chagrin por J. Patrick LewisChildren's Honor Book2002

Finalist 71

ObraCategoríaAño
Barnstormers: Game 3 por Phil BildnerChildren's Chapter Books2008
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller por Sarah MillerChildren's Chapter Books2008
The Comeback Season por Jennifer E. SmithChildren's Chapter Books2008
A Crooked Kind of Perfect por Linda UrbanChildren's Chapter Books2008
Iggy Peck, Architect por Andrea BeatyChildren's Picture Books2008
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything por Elise BroachChildren's Picture Books2008
Woolbur por Leslie HelakoskiChildren's Picture Books2008
Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners por Laurie KellerChildren's Picture Books2008
Keeping the House por Ellen BakerFiction2008
A Ticket to Ride por Paula McLainFiction2008
Dear American Airlines por Jonathan MilesFiction2008
Knockemstiff por Donald Ray PollockFiction2008
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul por Karen AbbottGeneral Nonfiction2008
Little Heathens por Mildred Armstrong KalishGeneral Nonfiction2008
American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland por Kristen LaineGeneral Nonfiction2008
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes por Ted McClellandGeneral Nonfiction2008
Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship por Tom StantonGeneral Nonfiction2008
Triple Cross por Kit EhrmanFiction2007
Getting in the Game por Dawn FitzGeraldChildren's2005
The Bird In Santa's Beard: How A Christmas Legend Was Forever Changed (Big Belly Series) por Jeffery L. SchatzerChildren's2005
Win One for the Gipper: America's Football Hero Edition 1. (True Story) por Kathy-jo WarginChildren's2005
Friend on Freedom River por Gloria WhelanChildren's2005
Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony por Margaret WilleyChildren's2005
The Inner Circle por T.C. BoyleFiction2005
The Circus in Winter por Cathy DayFiction2005
How Like an Angel: A Novel (Sweetwater Fiction: Originals) por Jack DriscollFiction2005
The Bright Forever por Lee MartinFiction2005
At the Shores: A Novel por Thomas RogersFiction2005
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age por Kevin BoyleGeneral2005
Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll por David A. CarsonGeneral2005
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare por Jason DeParleGeneral2005
Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists por Judith Vale NewtonGeneral2005
Lost Souls por Michael CollinsMystery/Intrigue2005
Cast of Shadows: A Novel por Kevin GuilfoileMystery/Intrigue2005
The Narcissist's Daughter por Craig HoldenMystery/Intrigue2005
Hidden por Paul JaskunasMystery/Intrigue2005
Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense por John SmolensMystery/Intrigue2005
El Rio Que Nos Divide/The River Between Us (Punto de Encuentro (Editorial Everest)) por Richard PeckChildren's Chapter Book2004
Going for the Record por Julie A. SwansonChildren's Chapter Book2004
Saving Samantha: A True Story por Robbyn Smith van FrankenhuyzenChildren's Picture Book2004
Snow Music por Lynne Rae PerkinsChildren's Picture Book2004
If You Want to See a Caribou por Phyllis RootChildren's Picture Book2004
Lost in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy por Carl R. SamsChildren's Picture Book2004
You Remind Me of Me por Dan ChaonFiction2004
The Turtle Warrior: A Novel por Mary Relindes EllisFiction2004
True North por Jim HarrisonFiction2004
Something Rising (Light and Swift) por Haven KimmelFiction2004
La mujer del viajero en el tiempo por Audrey NiffeneggerFiction2004
In the Middle of the Middle West: Literary Nonfiction from the Heartland por Becky BradwayGeneral Nonfiction2004
Enslaved by Ducks por Bob TarteGeneral Nonfiction2004
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More por Ari WeinzweigGeneral Nonfiction2004
Your Negro Tour Guide: Truths in Black and White por Kathy Y. WilsonGeneral Nonfiction2004
Look About You: A Magical Childhood in Michigan's Wild Places por Erin AndersonChildren's2003
Gina.Jamie.Father.Bear. por George Ella LyonChildren's2003
A Pitch in Time por Robert A. LytleChildren's2003
The Legend of Leelanau por Kathy-jo WarginChildren's2003
Jam & Jelly By Holly & Nellie por Gloria WhelanChildren's2003
Rainbow's End por Bob AdamovFiction2003
Dying Embers por Robert E. BaileyFiction2003
Q Road por Bonnie Jo CampbellFiction2003
Signs and Wonders por Philip GulleyFiction2003
Blue Wolf in Green Fire por Joseph HeywoodFiction2003
Roofwalker por Susan PowerFiction2003
Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress por Douglas BrinkleyGeneral Nonfiction2003
The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas por Jerry DennisGeneral Nonfiction2003
El diablo en la ciudad blanca por Erik LarsonGeneral Nonfiction2003
Indian Summer: The Tragic Story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the First Native American in Major League Baseball por Brian McDonaldGeneral Nonfiction2003
Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time por Michael PerryGeneral Nonfiction2003
Walk on Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unit por Michael RuhlmanGeneral Nonfiction2003
Voelker's Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy por Ed WarginGeneral Nonfiction2003
The Huron River: Voices from the Watershed por John R. KnottGeneral Nonfiction2001

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