Annal:1979 Newbery Medal
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Newbery Medal in the year 1979. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1979 Newbery winner
- 1978 Horn Book-fiction winner
- Score: 20.29
One fateful day, sixteen people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. To their surprise, the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing’s murderer. Forging ahead, through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings, the game is on. Only two people hold all the clues. One of them is a Westing heir. The other is you!
