100 Books!

Friday, May 9, 2014

100 Books!

Today, I hit my first Newbery milestone: I have read 100 books off the list. I have ordered several books from the local library so I hope to be posting more completed Newbery years soon.

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Newbery Bookshelf

M.C. Higgins, The Great

by Virginia Hamilton

1975 Newbery Medal M.C. Higgins lives with his family on the side of Sarah's Mountain. His mother cleans houses and his father works at the steel plant when a worker is out sick. He spends a lot of his time sitting on a pole in their ba...

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman

2009 Newbery Medal Winner I've liked Neil Gaiman ever since I read "The Sandman" (an excellent read but NOT for young readers at all). Previously, I've read "Coraline" and "Stardust" and "Good Omens" (which he wrote with Terry Prachett)...

A Fine White Dust

by Cynthia Rylant

1987 Newbery Honor Book Pete goes to church even though his parents don't and his best friend is a confirmed atheist. One day, he goes to a revival and is entranced by the traveling preacher there. I wasn't sure how I felt about this b...

Ella Enchanted

by Gail Carson Levine

1998 Newbery Honor Book A clever twist on Cinderella that is quite different from the movie. The premise is that when Ella is born, she is given the gift of obedience. This turns out to be more of a curse but Ella manages. She is sent t...

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

1987 Newbery Medal Winner I'm pretty sure that I got this book for 99 cents in the book order. It's a very short book (like 100 pages with larger font) and a very quick read as the language isn't hard either. Jemmy is a street urchin w...

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun

by Rhoda Blumberg

1986 Newbery Honor Book This was an interesting little book about when Commodore Perry and the American Navy traveled to Japan to negotiate a trading contract. At the time, Japan was an isolated country and only did trade with the Dutch...

Somewhere in the Darkness

by Walter Dean Myers

1993 Newbery Honor Book Jimmy is living with Mama Jean and having problems staying in school when his father, Crab, shows up. They go off on an unexpected road trip to fund Crab's salvation and to reconnect with the son he left behind.

The Crossover

by Kwame Alexander

2015 Newbery Medal Winner I'll be honest, I was less than thrilled when I discovered that this book was about basketball because I'm not really into that sport. And when the main character started rapping his opening, I found myself thi...

The Bronze Bow

by Elizabeth George Speare

1962 Newbery Medal Winner This book has been collecting dust in my shelf for years until I finally read it today. Set at the time of Christ, Daniel has been hiding out with an anti-Roman bandit named Rosh ever since he ran away from hi...

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Friday, May 9, 2014

100 Books!

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