The image showed Michael Collins tucked inside the Columbia, staring out at the bright full moon. He never seemed to hang out with anyone, either. “You would like to sit with me at lunch today?”Īhmad’s cheeks tinged pink. He was wearing a black vest over the same collared shirt. Tomorrow we will start outlining speeches.” Chairs scraped as kids grabbed backpacks and made their way out of the classroom.Īhmad turned toward me. Andrews said, “Please return your laptops to the cart. “You can read all the information you want, but if you aren’t recording the important parts, you’re going to have a hard time writing out the index cards you’ll need for your presentations.”Īfter what seemed like forever, Mr. “Make sure you’re taking notes, people,” Mr. I typed back: You’re going to get in trouble for sending a message. It was gross, but I was hungry and the noise of the cafeteria had made my stomach hurt. Yesterday, I had ducked into a bathroom stall to eat my sandwich.
Nonfiction: “Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams” by Eve M.It was Ahmad. “The Night Is Yours” by Abdul-Razak Zachariah of New Haven, illustrated by Katurah A. “Esther’s Gragger: A Toyshop Tale of Purim” by Martha Seif Simpson of Hamden, illustrated by D. “Winter Cats” by Janet Lawler of Farmington, illustrated by Ela Smietanka “Titan and the Wild Boars” by Susan Hood of Southport “I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures that Look Like Food” by Jenna Grodzicki of Burlington “What You Eat” by Valorie Fisher of Cornwall Bridge “Superlative Birds” by Leslie Bulion of Durham
Here are the finalists.Ĭonnecticut Book Awards’ 2020 finalists for young readers nonfiction are “Superlative Birds” by Leslie Bulion “What You Eat” by Valorie Fisher “I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures that Look Like Food” by Jenna Grodzicki and “Titan and the Wild Boars” by Susan Hood. The awards will be bestowed virtually on Oct. The Bruce Fraser “Spirit of Connecticut” Award, named after the longtime Connecticut Humanities director, is a competition that includes many genres of book, awarding one that “celebrates Connecticut’s sense of place.” Among those nominees are biographies of Hartford impressionist painter Mary Rogers Williams and a story about Venture Smith, a slave who purchased his freedom and lived in Haddam Neck. The Connecticut Center for the Book and Connecticut Humanities on Wednesday announced the finalists for the prizes, an annual honor bestowed on authors and illustrators who live in or are from the Nutmeg State, and books about Connecticut. A biography of Hartford native Sol LeWitt, a chronicle of the introduction of women to Yale University, and the first novel written by MacArthur “genius” grant winner Ocean Vuong, who grew up in Hartford and Glastonbury, are among the finalists in the 2020 Connecticut Book Awards.
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