Showing 1–6 of 6 titles
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Annie and the Old One
Annie likes her life the way it is with her mother weaving, her father making jewelry, and her grandmother, the Old One, always there to tell her stories and to help with chores. When grandmother announces that she will die when the new rug is finished, Annie tries desperately to stop the inevitable by secretly unraveling the rug.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316571203
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The Headless Cupid
Eleven-year-old David is pleased about his father's remarriage until he meets his new stepsister, Amanda, a self-proclaimed witch. Angry at her mother for remarrying, Amanda sets up situations that lead the other children to believe their house is haunted. Then unexplained events turn the tables, frightening even Amanda.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689704147
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Incident at Hawk's Hill
Lonely, small, and frail, six-year-old Ben shies away from people but shows deep interest in and affinity toward animals. Lost during a storm, he takes refuge with a badger who has just lost her young. The badger adopts him, and he lives a feral life for three months until he is found. Convincingly written, the incident is based on an actual occurrence in 1870.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316208666
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
When nothing she does seems to help her son Timothy get well, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse, turns to a colony of super-intelligent rats for help. The rats' high intelligence is the result of experiments performed upon them by human scientists at NIMH. Now the rats are intent upon starting a new civilization free from human interference.- Fiction, Science Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780689206511
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The Planet of Junior Brown
For more than two months, huge, musical genius Junior Brown and his friend and protector Buddy Clark have been cutting classes and hiding in a secret basement room created by the school custodian. Buddy and Mr. Poole, the custodian, are trying desperately to help Junior, who seems to be slipping slowly but inexorably into madness.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780575041059
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The Tombs of Atuan
From the time Tenar was five, her life has been focused on the tombs and her future as their priestess. Renamed Arha, she guards the labyrinthine tunnels, knowing that they hide great treasure. When she finds a man (Ged of A Wizard of Earthsea) in the tunnels seeking the other half to the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, Arha is torn between her duty to kill him and her compassion for him.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689206801