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2009 Winners

Children’s Literature:
The House in the Night by Marie Swanson

General Nonfiction:
The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald’s Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat by Catherine Friend

Genre Fiction:
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer

Memoir & Creative Nonfiction:
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

Minnesota:
Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota by Barbara W. Sommer

Novel & Short Story:
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

Poetry:
National Monuments by Heid E. Erdrich

Young Adult Literature:
Twelve Long Months by Brian Malloy

The Readers’ Choice Award:
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang