Annal:1978 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 1978. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Young Adult books
- Young Adult authors.
- 1979 Newbery winner
- 1978 Horn Book-fiction winner
- Score: 20.29
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