The 2005 Quill Awards are announced. J.K. Rowlings wins “The Book of the Year” with the worldwide popular Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The Quill Awards unlike the Booker and Pulitzer Awards are decided by the votes of readers. There are nineteen categories of which three are for children books. Here are the winners.
Book of the Year
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Arthur Levine/Scholastic
Children's Illustrated Book
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Shel Silverstein
HarperCollins Children's Books
Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Arthur Levine/Scholastic
Young Adult/Teen
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares
Delacorte Press
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