Book Sense Names Book Winners

Posted on April 25, 2005

Book Sense has named this year's winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. In the Adult categories the winners were Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) and Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (Random House). In Children's the winners were Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, Illustrated by Brett Helquist (Scholastic Press) and Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, Illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon and Schuster). A complete list of winners and honor books (runner-ups) can be found here.

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