Annal:2005 Newbery Medal
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Results of the Newbery Medal in the year 2005. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 2005 Newbery winner
- 2007 YRCA-Intermediate nominee
- Score: 14.55
kira-kira (kee´ ra kee´ ra): glittering; shining
Glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people’s eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it’s Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And it’s Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond…
- 2005 Newbery honor
- 2004 Carnegie shortlist
- 2007 YRCA-Intermediate nominee
- Score: 16.55
Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents’ expectations, and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away.
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
- 2005 Sibert winner
- 2005 Newbery honor
- Score: 16.55
“A voice like yours,” celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto Marian Anderson, “is heard once in a hundred years.” This insightful account of the great African American vocalist considers her life and musical career in the context of the history of civil rights in this country. Drawing on Anderson’s own writings and other contemporary accounts, Russell Freedman shows readers a singer pursuing her art despite the social constraints that limited the careers of black performers in the 1920s and 1930s. Though not a crusader or a spokesperson by nature,…
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
- 2005 Newbery honor
- 2005 Printz honor
- Score: 12.55
It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he’s a minister’s son, even if he doesn’t act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father’s-and the town’s-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine’s rocky coast.
The two soon discover that the town elders, along with…
