The Friends Blog

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 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…

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 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…

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 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…

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 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…

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 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:…

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 Novel & Short Story finalist:   LaRose by Louise Erdrich Published by: HarperCollins Publishers Category Sponsor: Fitzgerald in Saint Paul Erdrich’s latest novel is an emotionally haunting…