Utah Book Award Winners

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Winners

	Marrow by Preston Norton (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 617 ratings Utah Book Award for Young Adult (2016)	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 Verging Cities (Mountain West Poetry Series) by Natalie Scenters-Zapico (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 158 ratings Utah Book Award for Poetry (2016)	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
	Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave by Sean Prentiss (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 230 ratings Utah Book Award for Nonfiction (2016)	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
	Logos by John Neeleman (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 94 ratings Utah Book Award for Fiction (2016)	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 Avatar Battle (Cragbridge Hall, #2) by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 1,042 ratings Utah Book Award for Young Adult (2015)	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 Logan Notebooks (Mountain West Poetry Series) by Rebecca Lindenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 74 ratings Utah Book Award for Poetry (2015)	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 Year of Living Virtuously: Weekends Off by Teresa Jordan 3.45 avg rating — 146 ratings Utah Book Award for Nonfiction (2015)	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 Song for Issy Bradley by Carys Bray 3.70 avg rating — 3,489 ratings Utah Book Award for Fiction (2015)	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
	Princess Wannabe by Leslie Lammle 3.68 avg rating — 145 ratings Utah Book Award for Children's Literature (2015)	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
	25th Street Confidential: Drama, Decadence, and Dissipation along Ogden's Rowdiest Road by Val Holley 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings Utah 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
	The False Prince (Ascendance, #1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 90,664 ratings Utah Book Award for 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
	Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1) by Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 20,253 ratings Utah Book Award for Children's 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
	Tributary by Barbara K. Richardson (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 88 ratings Utah 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
	The Earth Is Not Flat by Katharine Coles 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings Utah 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
	Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1) by Jessica Day George (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 20,780 ratings Utah Book Award for Children's (2011)	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
	Lovely Asunder by Danielle Cadena Deulen 4.34 avg rating — 44 ratings Utah Book Award for Poetry (2011)	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 Glen Canyon Country: A Personal Memoir by Don D. Fowler 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Utah Book Award for Nonfiction (2011)	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
	In This Light: New and Selected Stories by Melanie Rae Thon 4.14 avg rating — 72 ratings Utah Book Award for Fiction (2011)	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
	Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1) by Kiersten White (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 97,846 ratings Utah Book Award for Young Adult (2010)	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
	Calamity Jack (Rapunzel's Revenge, #2) by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 5,807 ratings Utah Book Award for Children's (2010)	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
	Giving Way by Shawn Fawson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Utah Book Award for Poetry (2010)	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
	Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah by Steven R Simms 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings Utah Book Award for Nonfiction (2010)	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
	Danse Macabre (Daniel Jacobus Mystery, #2) by Gerald Elias (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 183 ratings Utah Book Award for Fiction (2010)	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
	Pingo (Pingo, #1) by Brandon Dorman (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,282 ratings Utah Book Award for Children (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
	Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 5,833 ratings Utah Book Award for Young Adults (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
	Backyard Alchemy by Lance Larsen 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings Utah 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
	Comb Ridge and Its People: The Ethnohistory of a Rock by Robert S. McPherson 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings Utah 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
	My Abandonment by Peter Rock (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 7,190 ratings Utah 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
	The Way He Lived by Emily Wing Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 388 ratings Utah Book Award for Young Adults (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
	Rapunzel's Revenge (Rapunzel's Revenge, #1) by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 17,140 ratings Utah Book Award for Children (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