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
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
$16.99
ISBN: 9781736223284
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Published: Meadowlark - November 15th, 2021

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From This Moment: A Novel By Kim Vogel Sawyer Cover Image
$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
$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
$18.99
ISBN: 9781419752612
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Published: Amulet Books - October 26th, 2021

Killing Dragons By Kristie Clark Cover Image
$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
$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
$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
$27.95
ISBN: 9780691212647
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Published: Princeton University Press - May 18th, 2021

Stormbreak (Seafire #3) By Natalie C. Parker Cover Image
$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
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
$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
$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