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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: a Novel by Jamie Ford (Find this book in our catalog) won the 2009 Montana Book Award, which recognizes literary and/or artistic excellence in a book that was written or illustrated by someone who lives in Montana, is set in Montana, or deals with Montana themes or issues.

This is what it says about the book in our catalog:

"This debut novel tells a heartwarming story of fathers and sons, first loves, fate, and the resilient human heart. Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of Things Kept, Things Left Behind)."

Consider also checking out these honor books by the Montana Book Award Committee:
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America by Timothy Egan
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

Labels: award winners, boys, humorous fiction, Japanese Internment-fiction, Montana - fiction, Montana - Nonfiction, Seattle - fiction