Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Audience: Middle
• Format: Book
• Award year: 1997

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  The Friends

  By Kazumi Yumoto, Cathy Hirano

  Three sixth-graders spy on a neighbor, who they think is going to die. Instead, he becomes a good friend.

  • Fiction
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1997 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780374324605
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  Golem

  By David Wisniewski

  The Jews in sixteenth-century Prague turn to their rabbi during time of trouble. The Golem, created to protect the Jews, reflects the themes of power and redemption. How the rabbi deals with the soulless clay giant is a tale that is detailed through intricate paper-cuts.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1997 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780395726181
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  Starry Messenger

  By Peter Sís

  Galileo Galilei's story is illustrated in a style that evokes Renaissance art, architecture, and cartography. The events of his everyday life, the struggles and successes, are captured through detailed attention on each page, which brings to life the world on the verge of discovery.

  • Nonfiction, Science
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780374371913