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• List: John Newbery Medal
• Award year: 1974

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  The Dark Is Rising

  By Susan Cooper

  On midwinter's eve, Will's eleventh birthday, the world is in turmoil with strange creatures appearing and stranger things happening. Will, the last of the Old Ones to be born, must use all his knowledge and skill to help in the fight against the Dark.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1974 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780689303173
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  The Slave Dancer

  By Paula Fox

  Kidnapped and forced to play his fife while the slaves “dance,” thirteen-year-old Jessie learns all too soon about the savagery of the slave trade. For four long months he lives with the crew's cruelty until a storm wrecks the ship and Jessie and Ras, a would-be slave, are the only survivors.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1974 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780878880621