Annal:1992 Newbery Medal

From AwardAnnals

Results of the Newbery Medal in the year 1992. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:

1994 YRCA-Junior winner
1992 Newbery winner
Score: 20.44

Eleven-year-old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. Sometimes he takes his .22 rifle to see what he can shoot, like some cans lined up on a rail fence. Other times he goes up early in the morning just to sit and watch the fox and deer. But one summer Sunday, Marty comes across something different on the road just past the old Shiloh schoolhouses—a young beagle—and the trouble begins.

What do you do when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you? When it is someone else’s dog?…

Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel

Avi

Patriotism or practical joke?

Harrison, NH—Ninth-grade student Philip Malloy was suspended from school for singing along to The Star-Spangled Banner in his homeroom, causing what his teacher, Margaret Narwin, called “a disturbance.” But was he standing up for his patriotic ideals, only to be squelched by the school system? Was Ms. Narwin simply trying to be a good teacher? Or could it all be just a misunderstanding gone bad—very bad? What is the truth here? Can it ever be known?

Heroism, hoax, or mistake, what happened at Harrison High changes everything…