1984 Newbery Award Winner
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Call Number: F C58d 1996ISBN: 0380727986Publication Date: 1996-07-01In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
1984 Newbery Honor Titles
The Sign of the Beaver by
Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. When Matt meets Attean, a boy in the Beaver clan, he begins to better understand their way of life and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier. Elizabeth George Speare’s Newbery Honor-winning survival story is filled with wonderful detail about living in the wilderness and the relationships that formed between settlers and natives in the 1700s. Now with an introduction by Joseph Bruchac.
Call Number: F Sp31s 1983ISBN: 0395338905Publication Date: 1983-04-27
A Solitary Blue by
Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.
Call Number: F V871sISBN: 0689310080Publication Date: 1983-07-01
Sugaring Time by
Through photos and text, the process of maple sugar production in New England is described.
Call Number: 633.6 L335sISBN: 0027516806Publication Date: 1983-03-01
The Wish Giver by
In this account of sinister doings in Coven Tree, Stew Meat (of Devil's Donkey) relates thead a wish fulfilled, and each of whom rued that fulfillment. (A) literary folk story at its best.--School Library Journal. Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable Children's Book.
Call Number: F B777wISBN: 006020687XPublication Date: 1983-04-20
