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The Blue Sword
Angharad Crewe is yanked out of an easy life on a Homelander outpost and thrust into one of rigorous training for her prophesied role as deliverer of the Hillfolk. She earns the right to carry the Blue Sword into battle, and with it she heroically leads a small band of warriors against the nonhuman Northerners.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780688009380
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Dicey's Song
Finally settled in with Gram Tillerman while their mother is in a mental hospital, Dicey and her brothers and sisters discover that it is not easy to become a family. They must learn to love and trust Gram—and she them—while they try to adjust to a new school and make friends.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1983 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780689309441
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Doctor DeSoto
As mice dentists, the diminutive De Sotos have always refused to treat dangerous animals until a miserable fox appears begging for help. The compassionate mice cleverly find a way to rid the fox of his pain while guaranteeing their own safety.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780374318031
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Graven Images
Three gripping stories, two sinister and one funny and all with historical settings, are centered on graven images: a wooden boy with a frightening secret, a weathervane that leads to true love, and a statue ordered by a ghost.- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories
- John Newbery Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060219062
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
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