13th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards

The Must-Read Books for 2013 were announced on March 22, 2013. The award winners in each of the categories will be announced in April.

 

Fiction:

The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
Defending Jacob by William Landay
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Technologists by Matthew Pearl
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

Nonfiction:

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Stephen R. Platt
Brothers by George Howe Colt
The Choke Artist by David Yoo
Clover Adams, A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life by Natalie Dykstra
In Pursuit of Giants by Matt Rigney
To Free a Family by Sydney Nathans

Poetry:

The Bees Are Waiting by Karina Borowicz
Darkening the Grass by Michael Miller
Life in the Second Circle by Michael Cantor
Place by Jorie Graham
Shortly Thereafter by Colin Halloran
What Is Amazing by Heather Christle

Children's/Young Adult Literature:

Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
Red Thread Sisters by Carol Antoinette Peacock 
Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker
There Goes Ted Williams: the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived by Matt Tavares 
We’ve Got a Job: the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson

Language Learning Resources

Are you traveling abroad for your next vacation? Want to broaden your language skills?  The Framingham Public Library has several ways to assist you in expanding your language knowledge.
1.  Come in and browse our books and audio collection.
2.  Go to our database page and select "Mango Languages".  You will need to create an account for yourself and immerse yourself in everyday conversation in a variety of languages at your own pace.
3. Go to the Digital Media Catalog (OverDrive) and do a keyword search for the language that you want to learn.  You will then be shown a list of items that you can check out (or put on reserve) and download to your audio device.

Still need help? Ask a Librarian at the Framingham Public Library Reference Desk.