Annal:2004 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
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Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 2004. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
- 2004 Horn Book-nonfiction winner
- 2004 Sibert winner
- 2004 Newbery honor
- 2003 NBA–Youth finalist
- Score: 32.54
1793, Philadelphia. The nation’s capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown…
In a powerful, dramatic narrative, critically acclaimed author Jim Murphy describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on the city”s residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Murphy spotlights the heroic role of Philadelphia”s free blacks in combating the disease, and the…
- 2004 Horn Book-nonfiction honor
- Score: 6.54
Introduces many different species of sharks, pointing out such characteristics as the small size of the dwarf lantern shark and the physical characteristics and behavior that makes sharks killing machines.
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
- 2004 Batchelder honor
- 2004 Horn Book-nonfiction honor
- Score: 12.54
Do you know the story of Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronaut who went all the way to the moon but never walked on its surface? Instead, he orbited the moon 14 times, surrounded by 701 power switches and 20 pounds of checklists. Reminiscent of a scrapbook, this extraordinary book chronicles what Michael Collins did, saw, and thought about in space. Through fascinating facts, quotes, checklists, original drawings, and photos taken both in space and on Earth, it also tells how the astronauts prepared for their historic journey, what they brought with them, and what they left behind.
