Newberry Award Winners


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Book cover for "Dead end in Norvelt"
Star rating for Dead end in Norvelt
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Series:
Norvelt books volume 1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses. In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded...
Book cover for "The giver"
Star rating for The giver
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Series:
Giver quartet volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian...