: Newbery

Hurricane Dancers

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado—half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between [...]

Other Descriptors: Awards, Caribbean, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , » 1 Comment

Fog Magic (Puffin Newbery Library)

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

A child of Nova Scotia who loves the fog is transported by it to a secret world of her own.

Other Descriptors: Canada, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Number The Stars

By Book Importer | Published: December 23, 2010

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous and resourceful as she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. Reprint. Newbery Medal Winner. AB. SLJ. K. H. See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2

Other Descriptors: Denmark, Drama, Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , » 2 Comments

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