Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
M. C. Higgins, The Great M. C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton Summary, As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills,fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they l… OL11278412W
Shen of the sea Shen of the sea Arthur Bowie Chrisman A series of fascinating Chinese stories with the character of folk and wonder tales in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought. Not only are the tales amusing … OL147088W
Dear Mr. Henshaw Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Asso… OL151997W
Onion John Onion John Joseph Krumgold His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes a conflict between Andy and his father. OL184430W
Number the Stars Number the Stars Lois Lowry Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the… OL1846074W
A Gathering of Days A Gathering of Days Joan W. Blos The journal of a 14-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. OL1869479W
Merci Suarez changes gears Merci Suarez changes gears Meg Medina When bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna s jealousy. Things aren t going well at home, either: … OL19752042W
Our only May Amelia Our only May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899. OL1989069W
Miss Hickory Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey,Ruth Chrisman Gannett Miss Hickory, a country doll made from an apple-wood twig, is left behind when her owner goes to Boston. She is helped through the long winter by several farm and forest animals. Prickly and a little… OL256845W
Daniel Boone Daniel Boone James Daugherty Awarded the John Newbery Medal 'for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children' in 1940" James Daugherty has dipped his pen and his brush into our nation's most dynamic c… OL2813212W
The white stag The white stag Kate Seredy For generations the tribes of Huns and Magyars had moved relentlessly westward, obeying the voices of their pagan gods, which compelled them to follow the elusive white stag to their promised homelan… OL4467518W
Call It Courage Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he can remember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - an island whose seafaring people worship courage - Mafatu feels like an outsider. A… OL4785050W
Thimble Summer Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright Children's novel set in 1930s rural Wisconsin. First published in 1938. A story about the various things that happen during the summer when Garnet Linden is nine. OL500572W
Wringer Wringer Jerry Spinelli As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. OL77083W