Showing 1–2 of 2 titles

• Audience: Middle
• List: John Newbery Medal
• Award year: 2011

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  One Crazy Summer

  By Rita Williams-Garcia

  The voices of sisters Delphine, Vonetta and Fern sing in three-part harmony in this wonderfully nuanced, humorous novel set in 1968 Oakland, Calif. One crazy summer, the three girls find adventure when they are sent to meet their estranged poet-mother Cecile, who prints flyers for the Black Panthers.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780060760885
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  Turtle in Paradise

  By Jennifer L Holm

  Sassy eleven-year-old Turtle finds her life turned on end when she is sent to live with her aunt in Depression-era Key West. With vivid details, witty dialogue and outrageous escapades, Jennifer Holm successfully explores the meaning of family and home… and lost treasures found.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780375836886