Showing 1–9 of 9 titles
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The Cat Who Went to Heaven
A starving Japanese artist is commissioned to paint the death of Buddha. He longs to include his gentle cat, Good Fortune, among the animals, but legend says cats cannot enter heaven. Because of her goodness, he paints her, and the little animal dies of happiness. When the priest objects, the painting miraculously changes to show Buddha accepting the cat.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780027197105
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The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of A Pagan Princess
When the khan of Chichén Itzá kidnaps the betrothed of another Mayan chieftain, war breaks out, and the city falls into the hands of the Toltecs. The seventeen-yearold daughter of Chichén Itzá's chief priest agrees to be the sacrifice that will save her city, but her father bravely finds a way to save her.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489029
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Floating Island
All packed up and on board a ship bound for the tropics, a doll family and their doll house land on Floating Island after their ship wrecks. They adapt well to the island but soon realize that dolls can never be happy if they are away from children for too long. They then arrange their own rescue.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997488992
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Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes
Hoping to find an ally for his chieftain father, Garram is sent to stay with the emir and becomes a favorite of the ruler. When he returns home, he discovers not only a plot to imprison his father but receives word that the eastern tribes are threatening.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489050
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Meggy MacIntosh
In 1775 orphaned fifteen-year-old Meggy leaves her native Scotland to sail for the colony of North Carolina. There she joins Flora MacDonald, who had helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape. Meggy becomes involved in the revolutionary cause and moves away from Flora, a loyalist.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670466412
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Mountains Are Free
Bruno, a young Swiss orphan who is being raised by the Tells, suddenly decides to become a page to an Austrian, saying he will return when he can earn his own way. The stirring of democracy causes conflicts as the Swiss try to rebel against the harshness of their Habsburg rulers.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489043
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Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer
An Alaskan Eskimo caught on an ice floe crosses the Bering Straight. After years of wandering, he returns home to establish trade between his tribe and the Siberian tribesmen. Once known as a weakling, after his hazardous adventures he is known to be a brave man.- Fiction, Action, Adventure
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489067
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Queer Person
He can neither hear nor talk, and at age four he wanders into a camp of Pikuni Indians. His silence earns him the name Queer Person, and he is raised by an old woman in the tribe. During his test of bravery, he rescues the chief's lost son from the Crows, and it is revealed that they are brothers.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489036
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Spice and the Devil's Cave
At a workshop in Portugal, Bartholomew Diaz, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan gather to discuss their theory that an all-sea route around the Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Devil's Cave, must exist. The theft by pirates of the only known maps adds interest and intrigue.- Fiction, Biography, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1931 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780394916620