Newbery Honor Books

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

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1. Hattie Big Sky

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Author:
Larson, Kirby
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4.3 stars
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After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.

2. The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg

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Author:
Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman)
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Oberlin Regional - Childrens Fiction has 2
J PHILBRICK
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Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.

3. Pictures of Hollis Woods

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Author:
Giff, Patricia Reilly
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1 stars
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A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.

4. 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.