2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Awarded by American Booksellers Association)

Awards List

Adult Fiction

The Historian
(Winner)
Elizabeth Kostova

The Shadow of the Wind
(Honor Book)
Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Green Age of Asher Witherow
(Nominee)
M. Allen Cunningham

Children's Illustrated

Duck for President
(Winner)
Doreen Cronin

Kitten's First Full Moon
(Honor Book)
Kevin Henkes

Mister Seahorse
(Honor Book)
Eric Carle

The Best Pet of All
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Lost in the Woods
(Nominee)
Carl R. Sams II; Jean Stoick

Wild About Books
(Honor Book)
Judy Sierra

Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation
(Nominee)
Mark Teague

Jungle Drums
(Nominee)
Graeme Base

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
(Honor Book)
Mo Willems

Alice the Fairy
(Nominee)
David Shannon

Children's Literature

Chasing Vermeer
(Winner)
Blue Balliett

Ida B
(Honor Book)
Katherine Hannigan

So Yesterday
(Nominee)
Scott Westerfeld

The Sea of Trolls
(Honor Book)
Nancy Farmer

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
(Nominee)
E.L. Konigsburg

Award Categories

ABBY Adult Trade Winner

ABBY Children's Winner

ABBY Winner

Adult

Adult Fiction

Book of the Year

Children's

Children's Illustrated

Children's Literature

Fiction

Paperback

Rediscovery

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