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Blue Willow
With her small family wandering from place to place so that Dad can find work, Janey has never really had a home or school or friends. Maybe the San Joaquin Valley will be the place where everything changes, a place where they can stay and she can finally bring the blue willow plate out for good.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1941 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780140309249
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Call It Courage
Mocked by the other boys because of his fear of the sea, Mafatu secretly takes a small boat and leaves his village. Alone on a terrifying ocean voyage, the boy, son of a Polynesian chief, overcomes his fear of the sea.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- John Newbery Medal 1941 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780027860306
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The Long Winter
The Ingalls family, pioneering in the Dakota Territory, stoically endure a dreary succession of blizzards. Huddled in the family store, they and their neighbors must depend upon their ingenuity to prevent freezing and starvation.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1941 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060264611
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Young Mac of Fort Vancouver
Traveling west to Fort Vancouver in 1832, Young Mac is determined to become a furtrading Northman and not a full-fledged member of the white world. Contact with Dr. McLoughlan, head of the fort, and other white and mixed-heritage men causes him to reconsider his decision.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1941 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780690910551