Kansas Notable Books

Congratulations to the 2022 Kansas Notable Book Award winners!

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Ava: A Year of Adventure in the Life of an American Avocet By Mandy Kern, Onalee Nicklin (Illustrator) Cover Image

Ava: A Year of Adventure in the Life of an American Avocet (Hardcover)

By Mandy Kern, Onalee Nicklin (Illustrator)
$25.00
ISBN: 9781736223239
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Published: Meadowlark - June 19th, 2021
Blue Collar Saint By Brenda Leigh White Cover Image

Blue Collar Saint (Paperback)

By Brenda Leigh White
$16.99
ISBN: 9781736223284
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Published: Meadowlark - November 15th, 2021

Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal, Volume 13 - 2021: The Santa Fe Trail

$20.95
SKU: 93097512
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From This Moment: A Novel By Kim Vogel Sawyer Cover Image

From This Moment: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kim Vogel Sawyer
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525653684
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Published: WaterBrook - February 23rd, 2021

Also available in Large Print Library Binding: 

From This Moment LP, LB

The Greatest Thing: A Story about Buck O'Neil By Kristy Nerstheimer, Christian Paniagua (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Greatest Thing: A Story about Buck O'Neil (Hardcover)

By Kristy Nerstheimer, Christian Paniagua (Illustrator)
$21.99
ISBN: 9781633330535
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Published: Little Fig - September 17th, 2021
Haven's Secret (The Powers Book 1) By Melissa Benoist, Jessica Benoist-Young, Mariko Tamaki Cover Image

Haven's Secret (The Powers Book 1) (Hardcover)

By Melissa Benoist, Jessica Benoist-Young, Mariko Tamaki
$18.99
ISBN: 9781419752612
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Published: Amulet Books - October 26th, 2021
How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! (Real World) By Danny Caine Cover Image

How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! (Real World) (Paperback)

By Danny Caine
$12.95
ISBN: 9781621067061
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Published: Microcosm Publishing - March 9th, 2021
Killing Dragons By Kristie Clark Cover Image

Killing Dragons (Paperback)

By Kristie Clark
$19.99
ISBN: 9781954442016
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Published: Delphi Imprint, LLC - June 1st, 2021
Mad Prairie: Stories and a Novella (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction #119) By Kate McIntyre Cover Image

Mad Prairie: Stories and a Novella (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction #119) (Paperback)

By Kate McIntyre
$19.95
ISBN: 9780820360744
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Published: University of Georgia Press - October 1st, 2021
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Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women By Nicole Perry Cover Image

Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women (Paperback)

By Nicole Perry
$30.00
ISBN: 9780700631889
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Published: University Press of Kansas - June 10th, 2021

Also available in hardcover: 

Policing Sex in the Sunflower State hardcover

Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains By Lucas Bessire Cover Image

Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains (Hardcover)

By Lucas Bessire
$27.95
ISBN: 9780691212647
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Published: Princeton University Press - May 18th, 2021
Stormbreak (Seafire #3) By Natalie C. Parker Cover Image

Stormbreak (Seafire #3) (Hardcover)

By Natalie C. Parker
$18.99
ISBN: 9780451478863
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Published: Razorbill - February 9th, 2021
A Vote for Susanna: The First Woman Mayor By Karen M. Greenwald, Sian James (Illustrator) Cover Image

A Vote for Susanna: The First Woman Mayor (Hardcover)

By Karen M. Greenwald, Sian James (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780807553138
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Published: Albert Whitman & Company - October 1st, 2021
White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland By Dick Lehr Cover Image

White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland (Hardcover)

By Dick Lehr
$28.00
ISBN: 9780358359906
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Published: Mariner Books - November 30th, 2021
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Words Is a Powerful Thing: Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing at Douglas County Jail By Brian Daldorph Cover Image

Words Is a Powerful Thing: Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing at Douglas County Jail (Paperback)

By Brian Daldorph
$21.95
ISBN: 9780700632169
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Published: University Press of Kansas - May 19th, 2021

Also available in hardcover: 

Words is a Powerful Thing hardcover