Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Format: Book
• Award year: 1928

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  Downright Dencey

  By Caroline Snedeker

  A Nantucket Quaker community during the War of 1812 provides the background for the story of a young girl named Dencey who first becomes involved with outcast Sammie when she hurls a stone at him. Ashamed, she tries to make amends but Sammie's trust must be won, and that is not easy for Dencey.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1928 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9781883937799
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  Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon

  By Dhan Gopal Mukerji

  Born in Calcutta, Gay-Neck has thrilling adventures, first traveling all over India and later working as a carrier pigeon for the Indian Army in France during World War I. Eventually he returns to his young owner in India. Sometimes the story is told by Mukerji and at other times by Gay-Neck the pigeon.

  • Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1928 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780525303992
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  The Wonder Smith and His Son

  By Ella Young

  Fourteen stories of Gubbaun Saor, a mythological creature of Ireland, have been retold from tales the author heard from English and Gaelic storytellers. The stories capture the lilting cadence of the Irish language and are enhanced by the graphics.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1928 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9781625240057