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• Author: Virgina Hamilton
• List: John Newbery Medal
• Format: Book

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  In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World

  By Virgina Hamilton, Barry Moser (Illustrator)

  Stories from African, Chinese, Native American, and Guinean peoples are represented among the twenty-five creation myths found in this collection. Faithfully retold, the stories are followed by notes about their sources. Dramatic watercolor paintings accent each tale.

  • Nonfiction, Religion
  • John Newbery Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780606005197
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  Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

  By Virgina Hamilton

  Life changes radically for fourteen-year-old Tree and her older disabled brother when the ghost of Brother Rush appears to Tree, first in the street and then in her home. The handsome ghost of her mother's brother takes her back in time to bear witness to the past and to learn about the terrible disease that is killing her own brother.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780380651931