Showing 1–8 of 8 titles

• Award year: 1997
• Genre: Fiction

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  Belle Prater's Boy

  By Ruth White

  Gypsy's cousin Woodrow comes to live next door, bringing with him a mystery and the key to a secret that Gypsy keeps from herself. Grand parents and Gypsy's supportive mother and stepfather create a loving environment in which the children can come to grips with their losses.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-374-30668-0)
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  The Friends

  By Kazumi Yumoto, Cathy Hirano

  Three sixth-graders spy on a neighbor, who they think is going to die. Instead, he becomes a good friend.

  • Fiction
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1997 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780374324605
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  A Girl Named Disaster

  By Nancy Farmer

  When Nhamo (Disaster) flees her village to search for her father in Zimbabwe, she is lost on Lake Cabora Bassa in Mozambique. Alone, she survives harsh weather, wild animals, and near starvation before building a new life in the world of her father's people.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-531-09539-8)
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  Golem

  By David Wisniewski

  The Jews in sixteenth-century Prague turn to their rabbi during time of trouble. The Golem, created to protect the Jews, reflects the themes of power and redemption. How the rabbi deals with the soulless clay giant is a tale that is detailed through intricate paper-cuts.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1997 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780395726181
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  Moorchild

  By Eloise McGraw

  Moorchild Moql becomes the changeling Saaski, half-human, half-Folk, and an outcast in both worlds. The reader is drawn into the lives of the moorfolk who fear Saaski and those who try to understand her and support her.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-689-80654-X)
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  The Paperboy

  By Dav Pilkey

  A boy wakes in the darkness, bundles his newspapers, and accompanied by his faithful dog delivers the daily papers to the still, dark houses. Carefully balanced compositions and a restrained but rich palette give this story tremendous visual appeal.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780531095065
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  The Thief

  By Megan Whalen Turner

  Freed from the royal dungeons and commanded to steal an ancient talisman from supernatural guardians, young Gen pulls off an astonishing scam and in the process rescues his own country from a threatened invasion.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 0-688-14627-9
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  The View from Saturday

  By E. L. Konigsburg

  Mrs. Olinski selects four of her sixth-grade students to be the Academic Bowl team. No one understands her choice of these particular students, in clud ing Mrs. Olinski, who continues to question herself. The students surprise everyone with their unique contributions to the challenges of competition.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-689-80993-X)