Showing 1–6 of 6 titles

• Award year: 1950
• List: John Newbery Medal

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  The Blue Cat of Castle Town

  By Catherine Coblentz

  Born under a blue moon, the little kitten is destined to carry the river's song of beauty, peace, and contentment to the unhappy people of Castle Town, Vermont. They have exchanged beauty for money, no longer making things with honesty and unable to “sing their own songs.”

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1950 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9789997482778
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  The Door in the Wall

  By Marguerite de Angeli

  Crippled by a strange disease, Robin is ready to give up since he knows he will never be a knight. Then the monks help him to find ways to gain strength and courage and ultimately to play an important role in saving his medieval city.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1950 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780590409681
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  George Washington

  By Genevieve Foster

  Filled with interesting excerpts from letters and diaries, this animated portrayal of the first president of the United States tells of George Washington's childhood and his many challenges as surveyor, soldier, commander in chief, and president.

  • Nonfiction, Biography
  • John Newbery Medal 1950 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780684208183
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  Kildee House

  By Rutherford Montgomery

  Not used to talking or being around people, Jerome Kildee retires to a small house he builds atop a hill in the redwood forest of northern California. Through the animals he shelters and the young people he meets, Kildee's life and the lives of those he encounters become fuller and richer than he ever imagined.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1950 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780385057905
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  Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin

  By Marion Havighurst, Walter Havighurst

  An orphan, fifteen-year-old Nils joins the Svendsen family and other Norwegian emigrants as they head toward America in the 1850s. They travel to Wisconsin where they stake out a claim for a farm. Nils, having found work in the lumber camps, creates his own business and future in America.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1950 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780030497155
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  Tree of Freedom

  By Rebecca Caudill

  During the American Revolution, the Venable family leaves North Carolina to seek new land and get away from British oppression. Their exciting month-long trek over the mountains to Kentucky starts them on the way to new freedom, symbolized by the apple tree, whose seeds have come with the family all the way from France.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1950 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780844664019