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Let’s Play
Let’s Play
March 3, 2004 Sheila Lightner
It’s the game that tests your
knowledge of all things Newbery.
March 3, 2004 Sheila Lightner
The Newbery Medal is named for John Newbery who was a bookseller in eighteenth century England. It is currently awarded by a division of the American Library Association to recognize the author of the very best in American literature for young people.
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Roll of ThunderHear My Cry
Crispin: Cross ofLead A Single
ShardA Year Down
Yonder
Walk TwoMoons
Island of the BlueDolphin
Numberthe
Stars
Shiloh Sounder
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Tale of DespereauxHoles
Jacob HaveI
Loved
TheWhipping
Boy
Witch of BlackbirdPond
Julie ofThe
Wolves
Mrs. Frisby andThe Rats of
NIMH
TheMidwife’s
ApprenticeManiac Magee
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March 3, 2004 Sheila Lightner
A ten year old boy runs away from his foster home to locate his father. His only clues are some old flyers featuring a jazz musician that he found among his deceased mother’s belongings.
Which is the correct choice?
Maniac Magee
The Whipping
Boy
Bud, NotBuddy
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And the answer is…
Bud, Not Buddy
By Christopher Paul Curtis
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When he is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, Stanley must serve his sentence at Camp Green Lake which is anything BUT green.
Your choices are the following:
Shiloh HolesThe
WhippingBoy
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And the answer is…
Holes
By Louis Sachar
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Sal’s mother leaves home promising to return before the tulips bloom. When she fails to appear, Sal and her grandparents decide to follow the route that her mother took traveling to Idaho.
Which title do you choose?
Jacob, HaveI Loved
Roll of ThunderHear My
Cry
WalkTwo
Moons
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Did you choose…
Walk Two Moons
By Sharon Creech?
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When he finds a lost beagle, Marty tries to hide him from the owner who is known to be cruel to his animals.
Your choices are…
Shiloh The Tale ofDespereaux
Sounder
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The answer is
Shiloh
By Phyllis Naylor
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Jemmy’s job is to take punishment for the royal heir, Prince Brat.
Which Newbery do you choose?
The WhippingBoy
Crispin:The CrossOf Lead
AYear Down
Yonder
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And the answer is…
The Whipping Boy
By Sid Fleischman
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In this Newbery winner, the main character becomes a legend as he tries to unite the black and white communities in the town of Two Mills.
SounderNumber the Stars
ManiacMagee
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Did you choose…
Maniac Magee
By Jerry Spinelli?
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This 2002 winner tells the story of Tree-ear, an orphan living in medieval Korea, who wishes to become a potter.
Walk TwoMoons
A SingleShard
NumberThe Stars
What is your answer, please?
March 3, 2004 Sheila Lightner
You are correct if you answered…
A Single Shard
By Linda Sue Park
March 3, 2004 Sheila Lightner
Five authors have won the Newbery Award medal
twice.Can you name two of the
five?Can you name any of the pairs of Newbery Award
books?
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And the answers are…
E.L. Konigsburg:
The View From Saturday (1997)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1968)
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Lois Lowry:
The Giver (1994)
Number the Stars (1990)
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Katherine Paterson:
Jacob Have I Loved (1981)
Bridge to Terabithia (1978)
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Elizabeth Speare:
The Bronze Bow (1962)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959)
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Joseph Krumgold:
Onion John (1960)
And Now Miguel (1954)
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“Welcome to the Newbery Medal Home Page”! American Library Association. March 2, 2004. <http://ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal…>
