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Wolf Hollow is a young adult novel written by Lauren Wolk, published by Dutton Children's Books in 2016. It is set in rural western Pennsylvania during the autumn of 1943 and describes how the protagonist, Annabelle "learned how to lie" and "that what I said and what I did mattered" in relation to two interlopers in her life: the bully Betty Glengarry, and the mysterious drifter Toby.
Lauren Wolk is an American author, poet and editor. Born in Baltimore, she studied English literature at Brown University graduating in 1981.. Wolk won a Newbery Honor in 2017 for her novel Wolf Hollow and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 2018 for Beyond the Bright Sea.
General fiction for adult readers is a National Book Award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. From 1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for novels or general fiction and the "Bookseller Discovery", the "Most Original Book"; both awards were sometimes given to a novel.
The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. This year, publishers submitted a total of 1,917 books.
The annual event recognizes great books in 10 categories. The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library has unveiled the finalists for the 2025 Minnesota Book Awards.
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Mystery Fiction is a category presented 1961 onwards at the Edgar Awards (commonly known as the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe. The awards are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America [ 1 ] and they remain the most prestigious awards in the mystery genre.
The Newbery was proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1921, making it the first children's book award in the world. [3] [4]: 1 The physical bronze medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan and is given to the winning author at the next ALA annual conference. Since its founding there have been several changes to the composition of the selection ...
The 75th National Book Awards, presented at a ceremony and benefit dinner by the National Book Foundation, took place on November 20, 2024, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. [1] During the gala, the National Book Foundation presented awards in 5 competitive categories and 2 special categories honoring books released between December 1 ...