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Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Crispin: The Cross of Lead is an action-filled page-turner set in fourteenth-century England. “Asta's son” is the only name the thirteen-year-old title character has ever known when he is suddenly orphaned and stripped of home and possessions. Accused of murder and wanted dead or alive, Crispin flees his village and falls in with a juggler, Bear, who becomes his protector and teacher. Relentlessly pursued by Crispin's enemies, the pair flees to solve the mystery of his identity and fight the injustices of feudalism.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2003 (Medal Winner)
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- ISBN: (0-7868-0828-4)
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Hoot
Hiaasen's wildly funny satire features the new kid, Roy, joining forces with tough Beatrice and the elusive Mullet Fingers to defeat a bully, thwart an avaricious corporation, and save a colony of burrowing owls. Hiaasen's work is both a rollicking adventure and a serious examination of values that threaten our environment.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2003 (Honor Title)
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- ISBN: 0-375-82181-3
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The House of the Scorpion
Farmer tackles the provocative topics of cloning, the value of life, illegal immigration, and the drug trade in a coming-of-age novel set in a desolate, futuristic desert- Fiction, Science Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2003 (Honor Title)
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- ISBN: 0-689-85222-3