The winner of the 2014 Newbery Medal for best literature for children is:
Holy unanticipated
occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new
novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo. It begins, as the best
superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected
consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but
self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of
the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right
person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that
Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength,
flight, and misspelled poetry—and that Flora will be changed too, as she
discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart.
From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a
laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and
featuring an exciting new format—a novel interspersed with comic-style
graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in
black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K.G. Campbell.
Four honor books were chosen this year. They are:
Zach, Poppy and Alice
have been friends for ever. They love playing with their action figure
toys, imagining a magical world of adventure and heroism. But disaster
strikes when, without warning, Zach’s father throws out all his toys,
declaring he’s too old for them. Zach is furious, confused and
embarrassed, deciding that the only way to cope is to stop playing . . .
and stop being friends with Poppy and Alice. But one night the girls
pay Zach a visit, and tell him about a series of mysterious occurrences.
Poppy swears that she is now being haunted by a china doll – who claims
that it is made from the ground-up bones of a murdered girl. They must
return the doll to where the girl lived, and bury it. Otherwise the
three children will be cursed for eternity . . .
When Billy Miller has a
mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer
vacation, he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start
second grade, with a lump on your head! As the year goes by, though,
Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school, how to appreciate
his little sister, and how to be a more grown up and responsible member
of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad.
Newbery Honor author and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes delivers a
short, satisfying, laugh-out-loud-funny school and family story that
features a diorama homework assignment, a school poetry slam, cancelled
sleepovers, and epic sibling temper tantrums. Illustrated throughout
with black-and-white art by the author, this is a perfect short novel
for the early elementary grades.
In the town of Placid,
Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her
uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.
But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha's blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.
But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha's blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.
An 11-year-old boy living
in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a
whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering,
not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper
route for the month of July, he knows he'll be forced to communicate
with the different customers, including a housewife who drinks too much
and a retired merchant marine who seems to know just about everything.
The paper route poses challenges, but it's a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble--and puts the boy's life, as well as that of his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger.
The paper route poses challenges, but it's a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble--and puts the boy's life, as well as that of his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger.
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