Emma Donoghue’s ROOM has been selected by booksellers as the fiction winner of the ABA’s Indie Choice awards, with Laura Hillenbrand’s UNROKEN claiming the prize for nonfiction. Karl Malantes’ MATTERHORN was picked as adult debut book of the year, and Jennifer Donnelly’s REVOLUTION was the young adult winner. Tom Angleberger’s The Strange Case of Origami Yoda was the middle reader winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, and Peter Brown’s Children Make Terrible Pets won the same award in the picture book category. ABA member booksellers selected Laurie Halse Anderson as Most Engaging Author, “for her exceptional involvement and responsiveness […]
