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Reading Guides

Download reading guides for the 20th annual Minnesota Book Award Winners, 2008
(18 pages for the full set of guides, or individually, as a 2-page PDF).

	Lynne Jonell - Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
	Charles Baxter - The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
	William Kent Krueger - Thunder Bay
	Patricia Hampl - The Florist's Daughter
	Doug Hoverson - Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota
	Wang Ping - The Last Communist Virgin
	Deborah Keenan - Willow Room, Green Door
Click above to download the full set, or click on the titles at right for individual reading guides	Will Weaver - Defect
	Jill Kalz - Farmer Cap

Download reading guides for the 19th annual Minnesota Book Award Winners, 2007
(16 pages for the full set of guides, or individually, as a 2-page PDF).

	Matthew Sanford - Waking
	Diane Wilson - Spirit Car
	Dianne E. Gray - Tomorrow, the River
	Taner Akçam - A Shameful Act
	William Kent Krueger - Copper River
	Maureen Millea Smith - When Charlotte Comes Home
	Jude Nutter - The Curator of Silence
Click above to download the full set, or click on the titles at right for individual reading guides	Julie Schumacher - The Book of One Hundred Truths

The Minnesota Book Awards is a Capital City project, led by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, in consortium with the Saint Paul Public Library and the Mayor’s office in the City of Saint Paul.  Outreach partners for the Book Awards include the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) and the Minnesota Library Association (MLA).