The 1990s Newbery Medal Winners

Author : Suzanne Pavlos
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544179315
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners written by Suzanne Pavlos and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-03-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. The works covered in CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners are a reflection of the society in which they were written. A recurring theme in the novels that won the Newbery Medal Award in the 1990s, regardless of the time period in which they were set, is the interdependence of people. Other significant themes that appear as a common thread are friendship and family, courage and bravery, and the dilemmas of adolescents struggling to become adults. With plenty of background information about each author, plot synopses, character maps, and in-depth analysis of characters and themes CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners is your ticket to understanding and enjoying all of the following novels: Holes, by Louis Sachar Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse The View from Saturday, by Elaine Lobl Konigsburg The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech The Giver, by Lois Lowry Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545630789
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Missing May (Scholastic Gold) written by Cynthia Rylant and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Ever since May, Summer's aunt and good-as-a-mother for the past six years, died in the garden among her pole beans and carrots, life for Summer and her Uncle Ob has been as bleak as winter. Ob doesn't want to create his beautiful whirligigs anymore, and he and Summer have slipped into a sadness that they can't shake off. They need May in whatever form they can have her -- a message, a whisper, a sign that will tell them what to do next. When that sign comes, Summer with discover that she and Ob can keep missing May but still go on with their lives.

Author : Janet Taylor Lisle
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453271783
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afternoon of the Elves written by Janet Taylor Lisle and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In “this enchanting story about friendship,” two fourth grade girls discover a magical world hidden in one’s backyard (Publishers Weekly). No fourth grader trusts Sara-Kate Connolly. Her boots are dirty, her clothes are weird, and she’s so maladjusted that the school had to hold her back a grade. But Hillary is her next-door neighbor, and can’t say no when the unusual loner invites her over to play. In Sara-Kate’s overgrown backyard, Hillary will find proof of a world of magic—the kind that can only blossom between true friends. Among the rusted car parts and wild plants, a miniature village has sprung up. It has tiny houses made from string, sticks, and maple leaves; a well with a bottlecap for a bucket; and even a little playground with a Popsicle-stick Ferris wheel. But there’s absolutely no sign of who built this miniature world. To Sara-Kate, the answer is clear—only elves could be responsible for something so enchanted. As she and Hillary watch for their elusive new friends, they learn that friendship, like magic, springs up where you least expect it. This ebook features a personal history by Janet Taylor Lisle including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s own collection.

Author : Karen Cushman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547722176
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Midwife's Apprentice written by Karen Cushman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small village in medieval England, a young homeless girl acquires a home and a new career when she becomes the apprentice to a sharp-tempered midwife.

Author : Pavlos
Publisher : Cliff Notes
ISBN 13 : 9780764521331
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The 1990s Newbery Medal Winners written by Pavlos and published by Cliff Notes. This book was released on 1963-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher : Ember
ISBN 13 : 0307977889
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shabanu written by Suzanne Fisher Staples and published by Ember. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newbery Honor winner about a heroic Pakistani girl that The Boston Globe called “Remarkable . . . a riveting tour de force.” Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart? A New York Times Notable Book “Staples has accomplished a small miracle in her touching and powerful story.” —The New York Times

Author : Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gay-Neck written by Dhan Gopal Mukerji and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Gay-Neck, a carrier pigeon raised and trained by an Indian boy in Calcutta. Gay-Neck flew messages for the Allies in France during World War I.

Author : E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439132011
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The View from Saturday written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Newbery Medal–winning author of the beloved classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes four jewel-like short stories—one for each of the team members of an Academic Bowl team—that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers. How had Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski’s team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen? It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan’s grandmother and Nadia’s grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued. Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen.

Author : Louis Sachar
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0307798364
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holes written by Louis Sachar and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking classic is now available in a special anniversary edition with bonus content. Winner of the Newbery Medal as well as the National Book Award, HOLES is a New York Times bestseller and one of the strongest-selling middle-grade books to ever hit shelves! Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment —and redemption. Special anniversary edition bonus content includes: A New Note From the Author!; "Ten Things You May Not Know About HOLES" by Louis Sachar; and more!

Author : Joseph Krumgold
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064401448
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Onion John written by Joseph Krumgold and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1984-04-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by the good intentions of the townspeople.