A Year (or more) of Newbery
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Dicey's Song (1983)
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This book started out with two strikes against it. It is numbers 2 in a "cycle" and it was in the teen section of the libr...
A Visit to William Blake's Inn--Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers (1982)
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This is a fun little book of poems about an imaginary inn run by William Blake, the late 18th-early 19th century British poet, painter an...
Jacob Have I Loved (1981)
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I definitely have more to say about Jacob Have I Loved . Just as in the Bible story there are twins, Louise and Caroline, and like the st...
A Gathering of Days (1980)
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Aaarrggghh!! I got on to post about the 1982 and 1983 books and found that I had forgotten to write about '80 and '81!! And now i...
Friday, March 22, 2013
The Westing Game (1979)
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This was a fun book. Samuel Westing throws 16 people together who in some way have touched his life. Many of them feel they have been ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Bridge to Terabithia (1978)
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One of my favorites! I remember when I read this book as a kid. I was about 11 years old and I was riding the bus home from school. I c...
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1977)
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Wow! This is a powerful story of despair and hate, hope and resilience, of the desire for acceptance and equality and love and friendship...
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