Annal:1928 Newbery Medal
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Newbery Medal in the year 1928. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
- 1928 Newbery winner
- Score: 9.78
The heartwarming and sometimes almost heartbreaking story of the training and care of a carrier pigeon. Writing out of his own experience as a boy in India, Dhan Mukerji tells how Gay-Neck’s master, an eager, highly-sensitive lad sent his prized pigeon to serve in World War I, and of how, because of his exceptional training and his brave heart, Gay-Neck served his new masters heroically.
