2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards
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The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards
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[edit] Adult Fiction Winner
- Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
[edit] Adult Fiction Honor Books
- The Brief History of the Dead: A Novel by Kevin Brockmeier (Pantheon)
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Atlantic Monthly)
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf)
- Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf)
[edit] Adult Nonfiction Winner
- I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron (Knopf)
[edit] Adult Nonfiction Honor Books
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson (Broadway)
- Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking)
- Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Crown)
- The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan (Houghton Mifflin)
[edit] Children's Literature Winner
[edit] Children's Literature Honor Books
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick)
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss; illustrated by Bonnie Timmons (Putnam)
- New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown)
- Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions)
[edit] Children's Illustrated Winner
- Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paul Kahumbu; photos by Peter Greste (Scholastic)
[edit] Children's Illustrated Honor Books
- Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor; illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins)
- Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
- Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)
- Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion by Captain William Lubber; edited by Dugald A. Steer (Candlewick)
