Great Lakes Book Award2005

Given by Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association

23 Works 6,430 Books 186 Reviews ½ 3.7
"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, show more the 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:
All, Winner (46), Honor Book (1), Finalist (71)
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Years:
All, 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 4

WorkCategoryYear
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul CurtisChildren's2005
An Unfinished Season by Ward JustFiction2005
Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America by Fergus M. BordewichGeneral Nonfiction2005
Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael KorytaMystery/Intrigue2005

Finalist 19

WorkCategoryYear
Getting in the Game by Dawn FitzGeraldChildren's2005
The Bird In Santa's Beard: How A Christmas Legend Was Forever Changed (Big Belly Series) by Jeffery L. SchatzerChildren's2005
Win One for the Gipper: America's Football Hero Edition 1. (True Story) by Kathy-jo WarginChildren's2005
Friend on Freedom River by Gloria WhelanChildren's2005
Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony by Margaret WilleyChildren's2005
The Inner Circle by T.C. BoyleFiction2005
The Circus in Winter by Cathy DayFiction2005
How Like an Angel: A Novel (Sweetwater Fiction: Originals) by Jack DriscollFiction2005
The Bright Forever by Lee MartinFiction2005
At the Shores: A Novel by Thomas RogersFiction2005
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin BoyleGeneral2005
Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll by David A. CarsonGeneral2005
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare by Jason DeParleGeneral2005
Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists by Judith Vale NewtonGeneral2005
Lost Souls by Michael CollinsMystery/Intrigue2005
Cast of Shadows: A Novel by Kevin GuilfoileMystery/Intrigue2005
The Narcissist's Daughter by Craig HoldenMystery/Intrigue2005
Hidden by Paul JaskunasMystery/Intrigue2005
Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense by John SmolensMystery/Intrigue2005

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