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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 Facebook Share 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. ....