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size=6> The 2009 Oregon Book Award Winners
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's
Lit:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Deborah Hopkinson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008000 face="Times New Roman"><EM><STRONG>Keep On! The Story
of matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult
Lit:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Roland Smith</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008000 face="Times New Roman"><EM><STRONG>I.Q. Book One:
Independence Hall</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Frances Fulletr Victor Award for General
Nonfiction:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Tracy Daugherty</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008000 face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><EM>Hiding man: A
Biography of Donald Barthelme</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative
Nonfiction:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">John Kroger</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008000 face="Times New Roman"><EM><STRONG>Convictions: A
Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron
Thieves</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Stafford / Hall Award for
Poetry:</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Matthew Dickman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008000 face="Times New Roman"><EM><STRONG>All-American
Poem.</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ken Kesey Award for Fiction</FONT>:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jon Raymond</FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><EM>Livability</EM></STRONG><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Walt Morey Young Readers
Literacy legacy Award:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000>Dove Lewis</FONT><FONT
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class=668421116-27102009> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#000000>Read to the
Dogs</FONT><SPAN class=668421116-27102009><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT><FONT
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Steweart H. Holbrook Literacy
Legacy Award:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Matt
Love</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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