Annal:1981 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
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Results of the National Book Award in the year 1981. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1981 NBA–Youth winner
- Score: 10.31
Beverly Cleary has given books to each member of the Quimby household except Mrs. Quimby. Now she gets her turn at last in a story that hits the high and low points of a working mother’s life as seen from Ramona’s seven-and-a-half-year-old viewpoint.
Inevitably domestic tensions, not without their amusing side, occasionally arise. Mr. and Mrs. Quimby sometimes forget who is to do what, as when the Crock-Pot is not plugged in and dinner remains uncooked. Beezus acquires a ludicrous teased hairdo at the student body shop while Ramona gets a becoming pixie…
- 1981 NBA–Youth winner
- Score: 10.31
Retta, Johnny and Roy are the night swimmers: three children whose father leaves them alone while he performs as a singer.
