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Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
c1975.
Language
English
Description
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
c1969.
Language
English
Description
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
p1969.
Language
English
Description
It looked as though it was going to be a dry and dreary summer on the farm for a mischievous little girl named Garnet. But the day she stumbled upon a silver thimble everything began to go right for Garnet and her family. Didn't the rain come and end the drought? And most wonderful of all was what happened to Garnet's little pig at the county fair.
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
c1971.
Language
English
Description
Jeff Bussey is sixteen when the Civil War begins. He cant wait to leave his Kansas farm and defend the Union cause against the dread Stand Watie, leader of the Cherokee Indian rebels. As an infantry soldier, Jeff must march for miles, exhausted and near starvation. He must watch friends die in battle and know that every step he takes may be his last. Then he is sent to spy behind enemy lines. If hes caught, hell be shot. But...
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
c1973.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend, both Navajos, are kidnapped by Spanish slave traders and forced to work in a Mexican village as household slaves, then return to Canyon de Chelly, only to face a new threat from the white man.
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
c1977.
Language
English
Description
A lamb nursed back to life becomes Peter's special pet. As the lamb, grows up to become leader of the flock, Peter grows into a strong, brave young shepherd who faces the dangers of mountain storms and wild animals. Then comes a time when Peter encounters a different challenge in his growing up--the loss of a beloved companion.
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
p1972.
Language
English
Description
In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.
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