Massachusetts Book Award Winners

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Winners

	The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein 3.95 avg rating — 572 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	News from Heaven: The Bakerton Stories by Jennifer Haigh (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,762 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall 3.89 avg rating — 1,231 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grass Whistle by Amy Dryansky 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway 4.32 avg rating — 811 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Soldiers by James Tate 4.16 avg rating — 418 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution by Moying Li 3.71 avg rating — 869 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 142,210 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whale Port by Mark Foster 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackbird and Wolf: Poems by Henri Cole really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 183 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall by Eve LaPlante (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 307 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 3.89 avg rating — 259,044 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incantation by Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 8,439 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Averno by Louise Glück 4.18 avg rating — 5,421 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 43,069 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud 2.97 avg rating — 20,779 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where The Great Hawk Flies by Liza Ketchum 4.14 avg rating — 59 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zeppo's First Wife: New and Selected Poems by Gail Mazur 3.29 avg rating — 31 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall 4.12 avg rating — 1,324 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Season of Open Water by Dawn Tripp (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 131 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Light: How Sunlight Becomes Electricity (Sunlight Series) by Molly Bang 3.93 avg rating — 185 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble in Mind: Poems by Lucie Brock-Broido 4.31 avg rating — 259 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky 4.23 avg rating — 2,077 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Project X by Jim Shepard 3.54 avg rating — 1,065 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 6,333 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Middle Earth: Poems by Henri Cole 4.07 avg rating — 249 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides by Christian G. Appy 4.48 avg rating — 528 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kiss from Maddalena by Christopher Castellani (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 905 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 7,741 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never by Jorie Graham 3.84 avg rating — 160 ratings Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars