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Newbery Medal books

Lately, I have been going back and reading some Newbery medal books that I somehow missed before. The books are in the Young Adult category, but I enjoy reading them as much as I love adult books.



The oldest one I have read is The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, which won in 1959. I never tire of reading about colonial times and how their thinking was so different from ours.


My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George was also published in 1959. It is a Newbery Honor book.


Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson won the medal in 1978, but most children today have heard about it because it was recently made into a movie. The book surprised me with its ending.




In his 2001 award winner, A Year Down Yonder, Richard Peck manages to write a delightful book about a Chicago teenager spending a year with her Grandmother in the south without being derogatory to the southern way of life.



Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis won the medal in 2000. This book is my favorite....it made me laugh out loud and cry, something that is hard for a book to do.

My goal is to read all the Newbery Award winners. They have been given out since 1922, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

I'm so thankful that I have the time and ability to read.


I'll be at the library.

Comments

  1. Amy @ Hope Is the WordOctober 11, 2011 at 6:18 AM

    You know I LOVE this post! Witch of Blackbird Pond is one I read numerous times as a child. The Bronze Bow and The Door in the Wall are two of my favorites. Did you think A Year Foan Yonder was hilarious? You need to read A Long Way from Chicago (either it's sequel or prequel, I can't remember which).

    Oh, I could go on and on! ;-)

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  2. Amy @ Hope Is the WordOctober 11, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    Sorry for all the errors--typing on my iPod

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  3. lil red henOctober 11, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Wonderful books! Don't forget Abel's Island and Across Five Aprils (it was a runner-up winner). My oldest daughter is a big fan of young adult fiction. You might enjoy her blog:
    http://musingreader.blogspot.com where she writes about books, etc.

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