M. T. Anderson accepts his award for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing

Jonathan Hunt, a librarian for the Modesto City Schools district in California, introduces M. T. Anderson, who accepts a 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Fiction for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves at the award ceremony on October 2 at the Boston Athenaeum in Boston, Massachusetts.

First presented in 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the editor in chief of the Horn Book.

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[TheMrkanyewest]

one of the finest books i ever read i highly recommend it

[theblackparade1039]

I love Octavian Nothing.

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