Summary: A Calvin professor has been awarded a Juvenile Book Merit Award by the Chicago-based Friends of American Writers for her 2008 young adult novel.
Nancy Hull, a professor of English at Calvin College, is this year's winner of the Juvenile Book Merit Award. The award is handed out by the Chicago-based Friends of American Writers.
Hull's book, On Rough Seas, is a young adult novel which tells the story of a young lad in England who makes a dramatic transformation during World War II from galley boy on a fishing vessel to a courageous seaman.
Hull will speak at a luncheon and receive the award in Chicago on April 15. Friends of American Writers, established in 1922, has awarded the Juvenile Book Merit Awards since 1960.
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Received on Wed Apr 8 09:55:07 2009
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