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Because of Winn-Dixie
When a stray dog appears almost magically in the midst of the produce section of the Winn-Dixie grocery store, he leads ten-year-old India Opal Buloni from one new friend to the next in a small Florida town. The stories she hears from each one help her to piece together a new definition of family.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 0-7636-0776-2
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Hope Was Here
Hope Was Here relates how sixteen-year-old Hope and her aunt move to a small town in Wisconsin to join the “short order dance” of life at the Welcome Stairways Diner. In the course of just a few months, Hope encounters issues as diverse as her customers: corruption in politics, a new love, serious illness, and the meaning of family.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-399-23142-0
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Joey Pigza Loses Control
Spending the summer with his estranged father, Joey longs for the two of them to be winners together, but their lives gradually spiral out of control. As the old “wired” Joey returns, readers will long to see him regain his balance in an out-of-kilter world. Like many family stories, this is a tale whose pain is generously laced with humor.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 0-374-39989-1
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The Wanderer
Sailing across the Atlantic with her uncles and cousins becomes a journey of discovery for thirteen-year-old Sophie. The carefully designed plot gradually reveals the truth of Sophie's past, even as readers begin to wonder about this rag-tag crew. Through journal entries, multiple viewpoints are weaved into a story that speaks to the power of survival and the delicacy of grief.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-06-027730-0
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A Year Down Yonder
A linked series of vignettes set in rural Illinois during the Depression, A Year Down Yonder tells the story of fifteen-year-old Mary Alice who leaves Chicago to spend a year with Grandma Dowdel. Her initial apprehension about life in a small town with a scheming old woman gradually gives way to admiration and love as she recognizes the warm heart behind Grandma's shenanigans.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-8037-2518-3