John Newbery Medal Winning Books
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Brat has only known a life of hardship. She has never known her parents, and lives by working, or begging, for food. She usually sleeps outdoors, keeping warm by sleeping in a dung heap. That is where the village midwife finds her. Brat is kept by the midwife as a servant, cleaning the house, caring for animals, and running errands. No job is too disgusting, but Brat is happy to be warm and well-fed. Bit by bit, Brat learns the midwife's tricks of the trade, and, when the midwife is called away, Brat manages a difficult delivery, and earns the village's admiration. She decides she is worthy of a better name and a better life. Will she earn the place she feels she deserves? Will she ever find someone who loves her for herself?
Similar books: Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde and The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan by Jennifer Armstrong
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 006440630X
ISBN-13: 9780064406307
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Each season on Maple Hill is filled with miracles. And when Marley's father returns home from World War II, that is just what that family needs. Soon after her father's arrival home, the family moves into Grandma's old house in the country, where the seasons take on a whole new meaning. The year is filled with small miracles from the first spring blossoms, to the sap running in the maple trees, to the biggest miracle of all as her father slowly regains his strength and caring. Follow the family's journey as they find the true meaning of love and value of friendship.
Similar books: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: bklyczek
Date read: 1/18/2011
ISBN-10: 0152545611
ISBN-13: 9780152545611
Abilene has always known where her home is: it is with her dad. In the 1930s United States, Abilene and her dad hop trains from town to town. Abilene's home is 'all over. My daddy says it's not down in any map. True places never are.' So when he sends her away from him to a town she's never known except through stories, Manifest, Kansas, to live with a man named Shady she's never met, Abilene is bewildered. On her first night there, searching for a hiding place for her treasured possessions, she stumbles upon a box with mementos and letters to a mysterious boy named Jinx. This discovery leads to a search for a spy, and Abilene finds more than she ever expected: the hidden past of Manifest, Kansas, a story that blends the history of a fortune teller, a boy running from the law after a murder, and the country in a time of war. As Abilene unravels the threads of the tale, she uncovers secrets that lead her back to the one place she hopes to be: home. Winner of the 2011 Newbery Medal, this book by first-time author Clare Vanderpool blends history, intrigue, and the love of families, both the ones we're given and the ones that choose us, into a tale that affirms the power of stories to heal, change, and bring people together.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 1/13/2011
ISBN-10: 0385907508
ISBN-13: 9780385907507
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Best Book I've Read This YearCommenter: Valerie, grade 52
This book is a moving story about a girl wanting to know more about her dad and learning more about herself, as well.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O'Brien (1971), 240 pages
Illustrated by Edward S. Gazi
Audience: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
Mrs. Frisby is a field mouse who runs into a problem when she needs to move her family's home out of the path of the farmer's plow. Normally, this is not a big deal, but this year, one of her children is too sick to be moved. When her situation becomes desperate, she turns to the rats of NIMH: rats, who were imprisoned in a laboratory, which made them wise. This won the Newbery Medal in 1972. Two sequels are: Racso & the Rats of NIMH and R-T, Margaret & the Rats of NIMH, both by Jane Conly.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/12/2009
ISBN-10: 0689206518
ISBN-13: 9780689206511
During World War II, Annemarie, a ten-year-old Danish girl, and her family, help Jewish people escape the Nazis, when they invade Denmark. Find out if Annemarie is able to save her friend, Ellen, from the cruelty of the Nazis in this exciting story. This won the Newbery Medal in 1990 and the Rebeca Caudill Award in 1992.
Awards nominated: 2014 Bluestem Nominee
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/12/2009
ISBN-10: 0395510600
ISBN-13: 9780395510605
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