Newberry Award Winners


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Book cover for "The door in the wall"
Star rating for The door in the wall
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King. A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.
Book cover for "Johnny Tremain"
Star rating for Johnny Tremain
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
Book cover for "Rifles for Watie"
Star rating for Rifles for Watie
Description:
Jeff Bussey, a Union volunteer, sees the Civil War from both sides when he is sent to spy on Stand Watie and his Confederate Cherokee raiders.
Book cover for "Sounder"
Star rating for Sounder
Average Rating:
2.7 stars
Description:
A young African-American boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope. Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with...
Book cover for "Walk two moons"
Star rating for Walk two moons
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.