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• List: John Newbery Medal
• Award year: 1999

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  Holes

  By Louis Sachar

  Stanley Yelnats, the heir to his family's curse of bad luck, is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. He serves his sentence at Camp Green Lake, a dry, flat wasteland where the warden assigns each inmate the task of digging one hole every day. Hole by hole, Stanley and his friend Zero dig their destiny.

  • Fiction, Mystery
  • John Newbery Medal 1999 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 0-374-33265-7
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  A Long Way from Chicago

  By Richard Peck

  An old man looks back on rollicking summers spent with his larger-than-life grandmother during the Great Depression in this colorful novel made up of seven masterfully interwoven tales.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1999 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-8037-2290-7)