Cauliflower Heart: A Romantic Wrestler
Runner-up
2015 Southern CaliforniaBook Festival

Author: Diana Hart Cauliflower Heart: A Romantic Wrestler allows readers to get a credible inside look at the intriguing world of professional wrestling, from inside the ring to inside their wrestlers’ hearts. The protagonist Claudine Bellamy has a superstar wrestling husband and enjoys all the perks of celebrity. But when life grows bitter, will Claudine’s…

Cold Case to Case Closed~Lizbeth Borden
Runner-up
2015 New England Book Festival

Author: Rich Little & Beverley Folstad For nearly 125 years, this child’s rhyme has conveyed the guilt of Lizzie AndrewBorden for murdering her parents. With the tumult, caused by the ferocity of the murders, the celebrity of the players, and the gross ineptitude of the investigation, the trial of Lizzie Borden rocked Massachusetts with scandal….

Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup
Honorable Mention
2015 New England Book Festival

Author: Elisabeth Amaral The author, her husband, and infant son embarked on an improbable journey of self-discovery, opening a children’s boutique and a popular restaurant near Harvard Square. This true story reaches those in a relationship that, by its nature, is doomed. It is about friendship—and finding the courage to move on.

FLOWERCHILDREN
Honorable Mention
2015 New England Book Festival

Author:Brigitte Brocato The FLOWERCHILDREN book is a fictional educational children’s story book. It is an introduction to the color theory, creating secondary colors from primary colors. It is also a book about kindness and friendship.

And Face the Unknown
Honorable Mention
2015 London Book Festival

Author: Clifford Doyl Harper Levy believes he is a man. But birth, color of skin and texture of hair deem him a slave. When Mr. Willoughby attempts to whip him he jerks away and escapes. Thus begins his search for those elusive promises

Daniel and His Starry Night Blanket
Winner
Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award 2015

Author: Sally Loughridge A young boy’s sister gets cancer and, from his perspective, far too much of the family’s attention. With an Honorable Mention in the 2015 New England Book Festival as well, the story can help children share feelings more comfortably, facilitate tough family discussion, and model supportive strategies for parents.

Cecelia the Seal Gets a Meal
Honorable Mention
2015 New England Book Festival

Author:Jim Coogan A delightful and true story about a little harbor seal who followed her nose two miles from the sea through a series of channels to a state fish hatchery. There she spent a most enjoyable night filling her tummy with trout before being discovered the next morning. The book contains a maze and…

Sally O. Lee’s Book of Cats
Winner
2015 New England Book Festival

Author: Sally O. Lee This is a compilation of Sally O. Lee’s illustrations of cats in various including pen and ink, crayon, digital, and watercolor. Some of these are from her, “Salon du Refusee”, submissions to various publications that have been rejected.

Killing Maine
Winner
2015 New England Book Festival

Author: Mike Bond Trying to rescue a Special Forces buddy accused of murder, Pono Hawkins takes on Maine’s rampant political corruption, where huge energy companies pillage Maine’s majestic mountains and buy politicians at bargain prices. He is hunted, shot at and betrayed as he tries to find the real murderer and save Maine.

Craved (Twisted #2)
Honorable Mention
2015 London Book Festival

Author: Lola Smirnova Having been to hell and back, the eager sisters from Ukraine – Natalia, Lena and Julia – decide to retire from selling sex and walk the straight and narrow path back home. But when an old friend calls them with an opportunity to make buckets of ‘easy’ money in South Africa, they…