Peter Fernandez
21) Two greedy bears
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English
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A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.
22) The carrot seed
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English
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Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.
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From Ralph Ellison--author of the classic novel of African-American experience, Invisible Man--the long-awaited second novel. Here is the master of American vernacular--the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech--at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century.
24) Mudbound
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In Jordan's prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm - a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family's struggles, two young men return from the war to work the land. Jamie McAllan, Laura's brother-in-law, is everything her husband is not - charming, handsome, and haunted by his memories...
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Newbery Award Records
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p1973.
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English
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Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.
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Recorded Books
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p2006.
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English
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A small Midwestern town is having an identity crisis--should they have a new techno-savvy name or a name honoring the freedmen who founded the town? Or is the current name just fine? They call in a professional naming consultant, famous for naming Apex bandages--guaranteed to match any skin color. But even he is losing his faith in monikers.
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Newbery Award Records
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c1975.
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English
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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.
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Newbery Award Records
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p1975.
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English
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Eleven-year-old Franny Davis has several things on her mind. Her best friend is developing a friendship with another classmate, her dad is out of work leaving her mother to work and Franny to look after her younger brother. An amusing chain of events leads to Fanny learning how to compromise and deal with growing up.
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Newbery Award Records
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c1971.
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English
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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...