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From: Sherman, Dina <Dina.Sherman>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:01:50 -0500
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Audra Boltion, Associate Director of Publicity
Audra.Boltion at harpercollins.com/212-261-6791
THE GAME OF SILENCE, by Louise Erdrich, has been awarded the 2006 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
NEW YORK (January 13, 2005)-Critically acclaimed author, Louise Erdrich has been awarded the 2006 Scott O'Dell Award by the O'Dell Foundation for her novel The Game of Silence.
The Scott O'Dell Award is presented to a children's or young adult book published in English by a U.S. publisher and set in the Americas. Ms. Erdrich was selected as this year's winner by a standing committee, chaired by Hazel Rochman, Contributing Editor, YA Books, Booklist, including Ann Carlson, English and Fine Arts Librarian Oak Park and River Forest High School and Roger Sutton, Editor-in-Chief, The Horn Book. Established by the late historical fiction writer, Scott O'Dell, the award is administered by his wife, Elizabeth Hall.
A sequel to the National Book Award Finalist The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence finds our heroine Omakayas at age ten. Her family has recovered from smallpox, but a greater menace-the white man's government-continues to threaten their existence and will irrevocably change their lives.
The second book in a series of three titles, The Game of Silence will be followed by another book that completes the story of Omakayas. The next three books in the series will be about Omakayas's son, and the final three will be about her granddaughter. Together, the three trilogies will span 100 years in the life of the Ojibwe Nation.
"In addition to an abundance of details about life through the seasons, Erdrich deals with the wider meaning of family and Omakayas' coming-of-age on a vision quest," wrote Booklist book critic and Scott O'Dell committee chair, Hazel Rochman.
Louise Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. She is the bestselling, nationally known author of such critically acclaimed books as the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Love Medicine, and National Book Award finalist The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. She is also the author of the picture book Grandmother's Pigeon, illustrated by Jim LaMarche, which Publishers Weekly called "magical" and The New York Times said "soars."
"The characters and stories in The Game of Silence, drawn from Louise Erdrich's personal family history, resonate with readers of all ages. We are delighted that the O'Dell Foundation has chosen to honor her work," said Tara Weikum, Executive Editor, HarperCollins Children's Books.
Scott O'Dell was a landmark writer of historical fiction for young readers with such bestsellers as Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) and Sing Down the Moon (1970). "He established this award to encourage other writers-particularly new authors-to focus on historical fiction. He hoped in this way to increase the interest of young readers in the historical background that has helped to shape their country and their world," said his widow, Elizabeth Hall.
Ms. Erdrich will be presented with the award and a $5,000 prize at a ceremony in the spring of 2006.
HarperCollins Children's Books is one of the leading publishers of children's books. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins is home to many children's classics-Charlotte's Web, The Chronicles of Narnia, Goodnight Moon, Where the Sidewalk Ends and Where the Wild Things Are; popular series-A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Princess Diaries. HarperCollins Children's Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, one of the leading English language publishers in the world and a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NCP, NCPDP). Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing groups in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia. You can visit HarperCollins Children's Books on the Internet at http://www.harperchildrens.com
<http://www.harperchildrens.com/> .
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:01:50 -0500
Please forgive any cross-postings.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Audra Boltion, Associate Director of Publicity
Audra.Boltion at harpercollins.com/212-261-6791
THE GAME OF SILENCE, by Louise Erdrich, has been awarded the 2006 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
NEW YORK (January 13, 2005)-Critically acclaimed author, Louise Erdrich has been awarded the 2006 Scott O'Dell Award by the O'Dell Foundation for her novel The Game of Silence.
The Scott O'Dell Award is presented to a children's or young adult book published in English by a U.S. publisher and set in the Americas. Ms. Erdrich was selected as this year's winner by a standing committee, chaired by Hazel Rochman, Contributing Editor, YA Books, Booklist, including Ann Carlson, English and Fine Arts Librarian Oak Park and River Forest High School and Roger Sutton, Editor-in-Chief, The Horn Book. Established by the late historical fiction writer, Scott O'Dell, the award is administered by his wife, Elizabeth Hall.
A sequel to the National Book Award Finalist The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence finds our heroine Omakayas at age ten. Her family has recovered from smallpox, but a greater menace-the white man's government-continues to threaten their existence and will irrevocably change their lives.
The second book in a series of three titles, The Game of Silence will be followed by another book that completes the story of Omakayas. The next three books in the series will be about Omakayas's son, and the final three will be about her granddaughter. Together, the three trilogies will span 100 years in the life of the Ojibwe Nation.
"In addition to an abundance of details about life through the seasons, Erdrich deals with the wider meaning of family and Omakayas' coming-of-age on a vision quest," wrote Booklist book critic and Scott O'Dell committee chair, Hazel Rochman.
Louise Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. She is the bestselling, nationally known author of such critically acclaimed books as the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Love Medicine, and National Book Award finalist The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. She is also the author of the picture book Grandmother's Pigeon, illustrated by Jim LaMarche, which Publishers Weekly called "magical" and The New York Times said "soars."
"The characters and stories in The Game of Silence, drawn from Louise Erdrich's personal family history, resonate with readers of all ages. We are delighted that the O'Dell Foundation has chosen to honor her work," said Tara Weikum, Executive Editor, HarperCollins Children's Books.
Scott O'Dell was a landmark writer of historical fiction for young readers with such bestsellers as Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) and Sing Down the Moon (1970). "He established this award to encourage other writers-particularly new authors-to focus on historical fiction. He hoped in this way to increase the interest of young readers in the historical background that has helped to shape their country and their world," said his widow, Elizabeth Hall.
Ms. Erdrich will be presented with the award and a $5,000 prize at a ceremony in the spring of 2006.
HarperCollins Children's Books is one of the leading publishers of children's books. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins is home to many children's classics-Charlotte's Web, The Chronicles of Narnia, Goodnight Moon, Where the Sidewalk Ends and Where the Wild Things Are; popular series-A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Princess Diaries. HarperCollins Children's Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, one of the leading English language publishers in the world and a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NCP, NCPDP). Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing groups in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia. You can visit HarperCollins Children's Books on the Internet at http://www.harperchildrens.com
<http://www.harperchildrens.com/> .
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