Showing 201–250 of 363 titles
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Missing May
Twelve-year-old Summer lives with her Aunt May and Uncle Ob in the mountains of West Virginia. When May dies, Summer, Uncle Ob, and Summer's friend, Cletus, try to get her back—or at least to get word of her—and to alleviate the pain. This trio of lovingly described characters journeys from intense grief to the understanding that love is never truly lost.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: (0-531-08596-1)
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Misty of Chincoteague
When Pony Penning Day comes on Chincoteague Island, Maureen and Paul are determined to buy the Phantom and her filly, Misty. They work hard and save $102, and finally the two spirited animals are theirs. Now the children must train the wild ponies to be around people, instead of running wild on Assateague.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1948 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780439192842
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Moccasin Trail
A runaway who is clawed by a grizzly and left for dead, Jim is raised by the Crow Indians and becomes a mountain man. Receiving a letter from his little brother asking for help, Jim finds his orphaned family on a wagon train heading to Oregon. He agrees to stay with them on the dangerous journey west. It is Jim's courage and Crow training that help them survive.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1953 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780140321708
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Moon Over Manifest
This big-hearted, multi-generational epic set in small-town Kansas alternates between World War I and the Great Depression, but never strays too far from the tough-yet-vulnerable heroine Abilene Tucker. With a mix of letters, newspaper articles and a fortune teller's tales, the eclectic people and mysteries of Manifest spring to life.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2011 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: 9780385738835
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Moorchild
Moorchild Moql becomes the changeling Saaski, half-human, half-Folk, and an outcast in both worlds. The reader is drawn into the lives of the moorfolk who fear Saaski and those who try to understand her and support her.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-689-80654-X)
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
This rollicking yarn, presented through the voice of twelve-year-old Homer, uses humor and pluck to mitigate the horrors of the Civil War.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2010 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780439668187
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Mountain Born
Nursed back to life by Peter's mother, Biddy, a black lamb, is given to six-year-old Peter to raise. Bright and brave, Biddy becomes the leader of the herd, repeatedly alerting her human keepers to impending disaster.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1944 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780802774026
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Mountains Are Free
Bruno, a young Swiss orphan who is being raised by the Tells, suddenly decides to become a page to an Austrian, saying he will return when he can earn his own way. The stirring of democracy causes conflicts as the Swiss try to rebel against the harshness of their Habsburg rulers.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489043
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The Moved-Outers
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Ohara family, who have always thought of themselves as Americans, are suddenly “Japanese.” Put into internment camps with only the barest of necessities, Sue and her family try not only to survive but to stay loyal Americans.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1946 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780802773869
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The Moves Make the Man
The first black to go to the formerly all-white junior high school, Jerome is a passionate basketball player. When he meets Bix Rivers, an unstable outsider who is a gifted athlete, Jerome decides to teach him basketball. As they play the game, Bix's mental illness becomes more apparent, and Jerome is less able to help him.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1985 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590431989
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
From the moment he is given a penguin as a pet, Mr. Popper's life starts changing. He converts his basement into an ice rink, finds a friend for his lonely bird, and suddenly has twelve penguins to feed instead of one.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1939 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316058438
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
When nothing she does seems to help her son Timothy get well, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse, turns to a colony of super-intelligent rats for help. The rats' high intelligence is the result of experiments performed upon them by human scientists at NIMH. Now the rats are intent upon starting a new civilization free from human interference.- Fiction, Science Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780689206511
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Tim's older brother, Sam, defies their father and runs off to join the Continental Army. When their father is imprisoned by the rebels and dies and Sam is hung by his own army, Tim sees how devastating war can be.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1975 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590073394
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My Side of the Mountain
Tired of living in a crowded city apartment, Sam Gribley runs away from home and heads for his Grandpa Gribley's long-lost homestead in the Catskill Mountains. For a year he stays alone, learning to live off the land, hollowing out a tree for a home, taming a falcon, and using every bit of ingenuity and resourcefulness he has to survive.- Fiction, Action, Adventure
- John Newbery Medal 1960 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590431606
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New Kid
A funny, thought-provoking graphic novel that details Jordan Banks' seventh-grade year as one of the few African American kids in an elite suburban school.- Fiction, Graphic Novels
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Medal Winner), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062691194
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New Land
It is the 1930s when Dad, the seventeen-year-old twins, and their younger sister arrive in Wyoming to homestead on an unproved claim. Rivalries on the football field and in the new vocational school, a blinding snowstorm, and troubles with the “big man” are overcome, and a new home is established.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1934 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789998894198
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Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story
Nicholas, eight inches high, is a little boy from Holland who visits New York City for a few months in the 1920s. While there, he attends parties, visits famous landmarks, and learns about the Dutch influence on the city. His first party is at the library, where he is introduced to many book characters.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1925 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997488701
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The Night Diary
Told in the form of diary entries addressed to Nisha's dead mother, this novel traces a mixed-faith family's flight from Mirpur Khas, Pakistan, to Jodhpur, India, during the partitioning of India in 1947.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2019 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780780418462
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Nino
While his father works in America to earn their fare to California, Nino and his mother stay with his grandfather in his small Italian village. The little boy and his family and friends share holidays, trips to the city, and small but exciting adventures that create a memorable picture of turn-of-the-century Italy.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1939 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670513987
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The Noonday Friends
Her hard-working mother and out-of-work father depend on Franny to take care of her little brother after school and to help out in other ways. The only time left for friendship is during lunch hour at school when she talks to Simone, a friend with whom she can share problems.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1966 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590440769
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Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel
Avi's documentary approach chronicles the results of a teacher's objection to a ninth grader's humming along with “The Star Spangled Banner.” School rules stipulate that students are to stand at “respectful, silent attention.” Mis com muni cation, misperceptions, and personal viewpoints of right, wrong, and protected freedoms propel the characters rapidly into a crisis situation that forces the reader to explore issues of perception, reality, bias, and expediency.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1992 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: (0-531-05959-6)
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Number the Stars
When ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen's family decides to pretend that her friend Ellen Rosen is her sister, they become involved in the effort to save the Danish Jews from the Nazis. As the author deftly portrays deep friendship, a strong family, and heroism in wartime, the story builds to a tense climax.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1990 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780544340008
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Old Ramon
Old Ramon teaches the boy as much as he can during the months they spend with the sheep in the mountains. Along the way, Ramon shares stories of his youth as a shepherd with the boy's grandfather and brings the boy back to the valley with a keener understanding and appreciation for the life of a shepherd.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1961 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780395070871
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The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure
Fred is befriended by the hunchback who runs the tobacco shop. Warned never to smoke the magic tobacco in the porcelain jar shaped like a “Chinaman's head,” Fred stays away from it for a long time. One day he falters and suddenly finds himself involved in high adventure on the Spanish Main.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1922 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997488671
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Old Yeller
Left to help care for the homestead while his father takes their cattle to Kansas, fourteen-year-old Travis initially resents the intrusion of the big yellow dog. The dog proves his worth by rescuing little Arliss from a bear and Travis from wild hogs, guaranteeing himself a home.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060115456
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Olive's Ocean
Twelve-year-old Martha receives a page from the journal of a classmate, Olive, who has died in an accident. Olive's entry about a desire to be Martha's friend, to see the ocean, and to become a writer propels Martha into a journey from childhood to the brink of adolescence.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2004 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-06-053543-1
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On the Banks of Plum Creek
After finally reaching Minnesota and planting a wheat crop, the Ingalls lose it to a horde of grasshoppers. Determined to stay, Pa goes to work for other farmers. Laura goes to school, shares adventures with friends, but most of all enjoys the moments when her family is together and Pa is back playing the fiddle.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1938 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590488150
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The One and Only Ivan
Ivan's transformative emergence from the “Ape at Exit 8” to “The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback,” comes to life through the gorilla's own distinct narrative voice, which is filled with wry humor, deep emotion and thought-provoking insights into the nature of friendship, hope and humanity.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2013 (Medal Winner)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780061992254
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One Came Home
In 1871 Wisconsin, love, betrayal, grief and violence spur 13-year-old Georgie on a gripping adventure full of hardship, heartbreak and terror. As she tries to solve the mystery of her sister's disappearance, Georgie and her brash, humorous voice pull readers along on her journey of self-discovery.- Fiction, Mystery
- John Newbery Medal 2014 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 9780375869259
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One Crazy Summer
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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One-Eyed Cat
After his minister father takes his new air rifle away from him and puts it in the attic, Ned sneaks upstairs, takes it, fires it once, and is terrified that he may have hit a cat. Struggling with his guilt, he tells one lie after another until he cannot bear it anymore and must confess to someone.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1985 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689839702
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Onion John
Twelve-year-old Andy is torn between his love for his father and his affection for Onion John, the old man whose way of life is totally foreign to nearly everyone in town. When members of the Rotary Club try to build Onion John a new house, their actions have great repercussions.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1960 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780064401449
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Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer
An Alaskan Eskimo caught on an ice floe crosses the Bering Straight. After years of wandering, he returns home to establish trade between his tribe and the Siberian tribesmen. Once known as a weakling, after his hazardous adventures he is known to be a brave man.- Fiction, Action, Adventure
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489067
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Other Words for Home
Themes of conflict, home, identity, the arts, and prejudice are interwoven in this powerful verse novel about a Syrian girl's new life in America.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062747808
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Our Eddie
Eddie's father is a stern, insensitive zealot who refuses, until it is too late, to see that his son is gradually succumbing to a debilitating disease. Set in London and New York in the 1920s, most of this story of a warm Jewish immigrant family is told by Eddie's insightful sister.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1970 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780394814551
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Our Only May Amelia
Growing up as the only girl in a large Finnish-American farming family along Washington's Nasel River in 1899, 12-year-old May Amelia prefers tricks and adventures to being a “proper young lady.” Unjustly blamed for tragedy, May must leave home before returning to claim her rightful place.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2000 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: (0-06-027822-6)
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Out of the Dust
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo relates how her mother dies after an accident with burning kerosene. Blaming both herself and her father, she is unable to express herself through her piano playing because of the burns that scar her hands. She leaves but quickly returns to her home “of dust” and she realizes how much a part of her it is.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1998 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-590-36080-9)
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Out of the Flame
In the sixteenth century, Pierre is first a page then a squire as he becomes trained to be a knight in the court of Francis I. He attends tournaments, visits with great intellectuals, and learns music and botany with the royal children. Before the story ends, he and the children are abducted and released by pirates.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1932 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489111
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Pancakes-Paris
Before the war there was heat and food and paper. Now Charles wishes for a way to show his little sister the fun of Mardi Gras and the wonderful crepes they ate. When two American soldiers suddenly enter his life and give him a strange box that they claim holds the ingredients for crepes, things start to happen.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1948 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670537822
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Paperboy
Little Man, a sensitive and resilient 11-year-old boy who stutters, ventures beyond the familiar and finds his voice while taking over his best friend's paper route. Set in the summer heat of 1959 Memphis, “Paperboy” is a moving coming-of-age novel.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2014 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 9780385742443
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Pecos Bill
Raised by coyotes and able to speak to animals, Pecos Bill reluctantly accepts the knowledge that he is one of those dreaded inhuman humans. He becomes a cowboy and does things in legendary proportion: busting up a cyclone, breaking up a cattle rustling gang, and rounding up 39,000,000 cattle and driving them to market.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1938 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780807563847
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Penny from Heaven
Eleven-year-old Penny looks forward to spending the summer rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers and scheming with her cousin Frankie. Instead she navigates the space between her two families and uncovers the reason for their estrangement in this funny and touching tale of intergenerational love set in 1953.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2007 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-375-83687-X
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The Perilous Gard
Banished by Queen Mary to the remote castle of Elvenwood, Kate Sutton quickly learns the castle's secret: It guards the last practitioners of the old religions. To keep their power, the fairy folk decide to sacrifice the man Kate loves on All Hallow's Eve.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1975 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780441659562
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The Perilous Road
Eleven-year-old Chris passionately hates the Yankees invading his Tennessee homeland and wants to do anything to help the South. He is deaf to his father's words when he says war is the worst thing that can happen to people. Then Chris is caught in the middle of a savage battle and realizes how horrible war really is.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1959 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780152606473
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Phebe Fairchild: Her Book
When Phebe's mother decides to join Phebe's father on a sea voyage, the ten-yearold is sent to stay with relatives in the country. Life in 1830 rural Connecticut at first seems rigid to Phebe, and her copy of Mother Goose is a constant source of support. The child comes to appreciate her relatives, their simple life, their generosity, and their sense of fun.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1937 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789998894266
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Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
Eleven-year-old Beth Lambert, a spunky heroine, realizes she has been letting Philip Hall be number one in school because she is afraid he will not like her if she surpasses him. With gentle prodding from her family, Beth decides to go ahead and do her best—even if it means beating Philip Hall.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1975 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780803760981
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Pictures of Hollis Woods
Twelve-year-old Hollis Woods unfolds her story of foster care and a search for family in images from her sketchbook, which reveal both her memories and her artistic soul. Strong visual imagery, multi-layered structure, and memorable characters create an emotionally satisfying story.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2003 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: (0-385-32655-6)
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Piecing Me Together
Shouldering her mother's expectations, Jade enters a mentor program with an inconsistent mentor. The unfulfillment she feels galvanizes her to follow her own artistic path.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2018 (Medal Winner), Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781681191058
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Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo
Many original stories in prose and verse, and one brief wordless story, are illustrated with two hundred intriguing and often funny silhouettes. The stories are filled with robust and irreverent humor: King Arthur's Sir Launcelot is called “Sir Launcelot de Id-i-otte”! Most of the stories first appeared in St. Nicholas Magazine.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales, Short Stories
- John Newbery Medal 1929 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997488763
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The Planet of Junior Brown
For more than two months, huge, musical genius Junior Brown and his friend and protector Buddy Clark have been cutting classes and hiding in a secret basement room created by the school custodian. Buddy and Mr. Poole, the custodian, are trying desperately to help Junior, who seems to be slipping slowly but inexorably into madness.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780575041059