Showing 1–5 of 5 titles
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After Tupac & D Foster
This tightly woven novel looks back on two years in a New York City neighborhood, where life changes for two eleven-year-olds when a new girl joins their game of double Dutch.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2009 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399246548
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The Graveyard Book
A delicious mix of murder, fantasy, humor, and human longing, the tale of No body Owens is told in magical, haunting prose. A child marked for death by an ancient league of assassins escapes into an abandoned graveyard, where he is reared and protected by its spirit denizens.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 2009 (Medal Winner)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780060530921
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Savvy
This rich first-person narrative draws readers into a wild bus ride, winding through the countryside on a journey of self-discovery for Mibs Beaumont and her companions.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 2009 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780803733060
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The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
Compelling free verse in alternating voices lyrically tells the story of Cuba's three wars for independence from Spain. Combining real-life characters (such as legendary healer Rosa La Bayamesa) with imagined individuals, Engle focuses on Rosa's struggle to save everyone—black or white, Cuban or Spanish, friend or enemy. -
The Underneath
Intertwining stories of an embittered man, a loyal hound, an abandoned cat, and a vengeful lamia sing of love, loss, loneliness, and hope.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 2009 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781416950585