3 books by Oregon authors win awards By Amy Wang, oregonlive.com
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PORTLAND — Three books by Oregon authors are among the six winners of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards.
The winning Oregon books are:
“Cemetery Boys,” by Aiden Thomas of Portland. This young adult novel centers on a trans Latinx teenager seeking full acceptance from his family. When he tries to prove himself by exercising the family’s hereditary supernatural powers to summon a spirit, things don’t go as planned. The novel was also a National Book Award finalist.
“Rough House,” by Tina Ontiveros of The Dalles. This moving memoir looks back on a childhood among the Pacific Northwest logging communities of the ’80s and ’90s, spent with a father who was both charming and cruel.
3 books by Oregon authors win Pacific Northwest Book Awards
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
The 2021 winners of the Pacific Northwest Book Awards were chosen from among 400 nominees.Courtesy of the publishers
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The winning Oregon books are:
“Cemetery Boys,” by Aiden Thomas of Portland. This young adult novel centers on a trans Latinx teenager seeking full acceptance from his family. When he tries to prove himself by exercising the family’s hereditary supernatural powers to summon a spirit, things don’t go as planned. The novel was also a National Book Award finalist.
“Rough House,” by Tina Ontiveros of The Dalles. This moving memoir looks back on a childhood among the Pacific Northwest logging communities of the ’80s and ’90s, spent with a father who was both charming and cruel.