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Bright Island
Strong, independent, and committed to life on her family's small island off the coast of Maine, Thankful very reluctantly agrees to attend school on the mainland. There, life is so foreign that she initially feels like a total outsider among the other high school students.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1938 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780394909868
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Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz
A brilliant naturalist and the founder of Harvard's Agassiz Museum, Louis Agassiz is realistically portrayed from his childhood in Switzerland through his years as a Harvard professor. Agassiz's fascination with all of nature and his great teaching ability are evident throughout the book.- Biography
- John Newbery Medal 1940 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489685