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• List: John Newbery Medal
• Genre: Historical Fiction
• Award year: 1951

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  Amos Fortune, Free Man

  By Elizabeth Yates

  Captured by slavers, Amos, son of an African king, survives the long ocean voyage only to be sold to a New England Quaker. After years of serving and learning from others, Amos buys his own freedom, sets up his own business, and begins to buy and set free other slaves.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1951 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780525255703
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  Better Known as Johnny Appleseed

  By Mabel Leigh Hunt

  Loved by the settlers and the Indians, John Chapman carves a new name and legend for himself by trekking through the wilderness planting apple trees and helping anyone in need. The few facts known about Chapman are carefully interwoven with the Johnny Appleseed legends.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1951 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780397301638