Newbery Award Winners

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The 2001 Newbery Medal Winner
A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
Mary Alice's story continues from A Long Way From Chicago
in this hilarious sequel


Dear Mr. Henshaw (1984)
by Beverly Cleary
Leigh Botts decides to tell Mr. Henshaw, a children's book writer his problems in a series of letters and diary entries that comprise this story.

Jacob, Have I Loved (1981)
by Katherine Paterson
Slightly jealous of her twin sister's singing talent, Wheeze, (louise) feels overshadowed by Caroline on their small New England island.

A Gathering of Days (1980)
by Joan Blos
Through her journal, we learn Catherine Hall's deepest fears, secrets and thoughts on her close friend's death.

Sarah, Plain and Tall(1986)
by Patricia MacLachlan
Sarah is a mail order bride who travels to turn of the century Kansas to help a widower raise his kids

Shiloh (1992)
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Marty helps to rescue an abused puppy that he must hide from his parents

The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1978)
by Elizabeth George Speare
Forced to leave her Caribbean home, Kit must settle into life in a Puritan Connecticut colony where her misunderstood way of life gets her branded a witch!

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