Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Minnesota Nonfiction finalist:  Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation by Virginia M. Wright-Peterson Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press Category Sponsor: Saint Mary’s University of…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Middle Grade Literature finalist:  Sticks and Stones by Abby Cooper Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux/Macmillan Category Sponsor: Education Minnesota Ever since she was a baby, the…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Memoir & Creative Nonfiction finalist: The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt by Clyde Bellecourt, as told to Jon Lurie Published by: Minnesota…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 General Nonfiction finalist:  The War on Science: Who’s Waging It, Why it Matters, What We Can Do About It by Shawn Otto Published by: Milkweed Editions…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Children’s Literature finalist: Yellow Time by Lauren Stringer Published by: Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster Category Sponsor: Books For Africa Lauren Stringer celebrates the coming of…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Young Adult Literature finalist: The Memory Book by Lara Avery Published by: Poppy/Little, Brown and Company Category Sponsor: Brainfuse Sammie is a girl with a plan:…
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