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Book Award Winners March 2020
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Welcome to the Winner's Circle! Greetings readers. Over the next few months, we look forward to sharing recent and past award winning books with all of you. All of these books are available within the Forsyth County library system, so you should be able to place a hold on any you would like to read. Hopefully something here catches your interest. :)
Enjoy and happy reading!
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Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe award-winning author of Tell Me How It Ends traces a profoundly human family summer road trip across America that is shaped by historical and modern displacement tragedies as well as a growing rift between the two parents2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
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Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disasterby Adam HigginbothamDraws on 20 years of research, recently declassified files and interviews with first-person survivors in an account of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster that also reveals how propaganda and secrets have created additional dangers. 75,000 first printing.2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction
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The Five : the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie RubenholdResearched portraits of the five women murdered by Jack the Ripper in 1888 reveal each victim's historically relevant and diverse background while discussing the cultural and gender disadvantages that made them vulnerable2019 Goodreads Choice Award in History & Biography
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How we fight for our lives : a memoirby Saeed Jones"Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir and a haunting reflection of the nation as a whole"2020 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Winner
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Every Heart a Doorwayby Seanan McGuireSent away to a home for children who have tumbled into fantastical other worlds and are looking for ways to return, Nancy triggers dark changes among her fellow schoolmates and resolves to expose the truth when a child dies under suspicious magical circumstances. .2017 Hugo Award Winner for Best Novella
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Ararat by Christopher GoldenWhen an ancient relic believed to be Noah's Ark is discovered in the aftermath of an avalanche on Mount Ararat in Turkey, a team of investigating scholars, archaeologists and filmmakers find the corpse of a monster on the ship before a massive blizzard traps them on the site with a mysterious predator.2017 Bram Stoker Award Winner
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The Poet Xby Elizabeth AcevedoThe daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. 2019 Pura Belpré Award Winner
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Do no harm : stories of life, death, and brain surgery by Henry MarshOffering a rare glimpse into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon, an international best-seller provides unforgettable insight into the countless human dramas that take place in a busy modern hospital and the agonizing decisions that must be made, often in the face of great urgency and uncertainty.2015 PEN Ackerley Prize Winner
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