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Shiloh
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 4.4-4.9. Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
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Ella Enchanted
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.6. Author: Gail Carson Levine. Key Award: Newbery Honor.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. At her birth, Ella of Frell was given a foolish fairy's gift - the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it's hopping on one foot for a day or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. She goes on a quest, encountering ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, fairy godmothers, and handsome princes, determined to break the curse - and live happily ever after!
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Kira-Kira
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.7. Mature Content. Author: Cynthia Kadohata. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.
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And Now Miguel
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.8. Author: Joseph Krumgold. Key Award: Newbery Award.
When you act like and adult but get treated like a child, what else can you do but keep your wishes secret and pray that they'll come true. This is the story of a twelve-year-old Miguel Chavez, who yearns in his heart to go with the men of his family on a long and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- until his prayer is finally answered, with a disturbing and dangerous exchange.
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Summer of the Swans, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Betsy Byars. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Beverly Cleary. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.1. Author: Robert C. O'Brien. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.
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Sounder
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Author: William Armstrong. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family in Depression-era Louisiana. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing pig meat and chicken, the boy still hungers for an education.
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Dark is Rising Box Set
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.3-6.2. Author: Susan Cooper. Key Awards: Newbery Medal. Carnegie Medal Honor.
The Dark Is Rising is the name of a five-book series of children's novels by Susan Cooper originally published in the 1960s and 1970s. The series is written as contemporary fantasy, and depicts the struggle between the forces of good, called The Light, and the forces of evil, known as The Dark. The series is based on the Arthurian mythos, and is written primarily for older children and young adults. One of the books won the Newbery medal, and another was an honor book. The Dark Is Rising is also the title of the second book in the series, whose main character is an eleven-year-old boy who learns that he is an Old One, destined to wield the powers of The Light in an ancient struggle with The Dark. Children, both magical and ordinary, feature prominently in the struggle portrayed in the five books.
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Higher Power of Lucky, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.9. Author: Susan Patron. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has. It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care!
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Miss Hickory
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level; 5.9. Author: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
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View from Saturday, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading level: 5.9. Author: E.L. Konigsburg. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
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Caddie Woodlawn
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Carol Ryrie Brink. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years.
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Midwife's Apprentice, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Karen Cushman. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
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I, Juan de Pareja
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 6.5. Author: Elizabeth Borton De Trevino. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
When the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist.
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White Stag, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 6.6. Author: Kate Seredy. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Retells the legendary story of the Huns' and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home. They follow a mythic White Stag to a promised land and suffer hardships and face battles. It is a mythical account of Attila the Hun.
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Single Shard, A
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 6.6. Author: Linda Sue Park. Key Award: Newbery Award.
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever. This is a beautifully written book with wonderful imagery.
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Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal 1830-1832
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 6.7. Author: Joan W Blos. Key Awards: Newbery Medal. National Book Award.
The journal of a fourteen-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
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Hero and the Crown, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 7.0. Author: Robin McKinley. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
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Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 7.1. Author: Rachel Field. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal her delightful personality. This is the story of Hitty's years with Phoebe, and the many that follow in the life of a well-loved doll.
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