Showing 1–5 of 5 titles

• List: John Newbery Medal
• Award year: 1996

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  The Great Fire

  By Jim Murphy

  The riveting narrative of the 1871 Chicago fire thrusts the reader into the center of the raging conflagration. Murphy weaves eyewitness accounts of the disaster with factual and social commentary, period photographs, etchings, and maps into memorable nonfiction writing.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History
  • John Newbery Medal 1996 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 0-590-47267-4
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  The Midwife's Apprentice

  By Karen Cushman

  The central character, Brat, is a homeless waif who first appears sleeping in a dung heap “unwashed, unnourished, unloved, and unlovely. . . .” From a person with no hopes, no dreams, and no expectations she becomes the midwife's apprentice— a person with a name and a place in the world. An excellent portrayal of medieval England.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1996 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: (0-395-69229-6)
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  The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

  By Christopher Paul Curtis

  From its hilarious opening chapters to its shattering conclusion, The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a compelling novel that brings to life an African-American family. It draws together everyday events in such a way as to send the Watsons on a journey to Birmingham that will change them forever. The depiction of devastating events in Birmingham integrates the dichotomy of familial love and stability with the racial strife of the 1960s.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1996 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: (0-385-32175-9)
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  What Jamie Saw

  By Carolyn Coman

  What Jamie Saw is a gripping interior novel that portrays a desperate mother and her quietly heroic son as they move from an impossibly bleak situation toward a promise of hope. Coman captures Jamie's fear, his uncertainty, and his confusion as well as his growing confidence and ability to stand up for himself.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1996 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (1-886910-02-2)
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  Yolonda's Genius

  By Carol Fenner

  Fenner portrays memorable characters and a vivid, authentic place in this engaging story of a bright, feisty fifth grader. Yolonda is determined to bring to light her younger brother's extraordinary talent of transforming the world around him into the music he makes.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1996 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-689-80001-0)