I Want to Buy a Vowel: A Novel of Illegal Alienation

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Best Books for Young Adults
Year this Award was Won: 
1 997
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http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/1997bestbook…
Award Win Active Date: 
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 19:00
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2 845
Winner Rank: 
SLCT
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I Want to Buy a Vowel: A Novel of Illegal Alienation
Winner Description: 
by John Welter. Algonquin Books.
Winner Blurb: 

In Texas, a series of incidents are blamed on devil worship, in fact a hoax by the son of the local evangelist. Unaware of this, the evangelist accuses an illegal immigrant of Satanic practices and campaigns for his deportation. A study of small-town hysteria.

Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): 
I Want to Buy a Vowel: A Novel of Illegal Alienation
ISBN of the winning item: 
156512118X
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Book
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 10:57
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 10:57
Winner Detail Change ID: 
201
Winner Type: 
PTMD
Award Winner Category (start typing): 
Fiction