Newbery Honor Books

The runner ups for each year for the prestigious Newbery Medal award.
 

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1. Bomb: the race to build-- and steal-- the world's most dangerous weapon

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Author:
Sheinkin, Steve
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.

2. Catherine, called Birdy

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Author:
Cushman, Karen
Average Rating:
3.1 stars
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Young Adult
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YA CUSHMAN
Description:
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

3. Splendors and glooms

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Author:
Schlitz, Laura Amy
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5 stars
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When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.

4. The war that saved my life

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Author:
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.