One Maryland One Book

Here it is--the top 4 book selections for One Maryland One Book 2010

Author James McBride signs books at the 2009 Baltimore Book Fesitival

1. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

2. Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

3. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

4. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John

We hope to announce our final selection at the end of February. Book discussions and special programs for One Maryland One Book 2010 will take place in September and October.

Learn more about One Maryland One Book here!

One Maryland One Book 2009 was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, LSTA grant funds, through the Division of Library Development & Services, Maryland State Department of Education; Bank of America Foundation; Verizon; Constellation Energy; and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts.

One Maryland One Book 2009 was coordinated by the Maryland Center for the Book, a program of the Maryland Humanities Council, in partnership with Enoch Pratt Free Library and Barnes & Noble.

One Maryland One Book 2009 was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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