2003 Book Sense Awards

The 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year winners were announced at the BEA convention on May 30, 2003. The winners included:

Adult Fiction
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)

Adult Nonfiction
DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT by Alexandra Fuller (Random House)

Paperback
BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett (Perennial)

Children's Literature
THE THIEF LORD by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)

Illustrated Children's Book
DEAR MRS. LARUE by Mark Teague (Scholastic)

Rediscovery
THE CHILDREN OF GREEN KNOWE by L.M. Boston (Odyssey/Harcourt).

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More information about the Book Sense Book of the Year awards can be found here.

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