M. C. Higgins, The Great
As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.
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year: 2006
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: family life, african americans, coming of age, mountain life, ohio, mining, afro-americans, blacks, newbery medal [X], families
The Giver
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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year: 2019
copies: 1623
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: science fiction, newbery medal [X], newbery, memory, coming of age, utopian fiction, bildungsromans, dystopias, boys, control (psychology), social control, ethics, audiobooks, newbery honor book, children's audiobooks, audiobooks, chinese language, dystopias, science fiction, bildungsromans, control, dystopian comics, science fiction comics, graphic novels, large type books, electronic books, electronic books, dystopian fiction, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, comics adaptations
Island Of The Blue Dolphins
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as San Nicolas Island.
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year: 2015
copies: 268
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: survival skills, indians of north america, survival, islands, native americans, san nicolas island (calif.), newbery, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, audiobooks, large type books, large print books, california, children's audiobooks, compact discs, newbery medal [X]
Johnny Tremain
When a fourteen-year-old silversmith apprentice is severely burned by molten silver, he becomes a dispatch rider for the Committee for Public Safety where he meets many Boston patriots involved in the new struggle for independence from England.
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year: 2011
copies: 88
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: historical fiction, united states, boston (mass.), talking books for children, large print books, boston tea party, boston, mass., 1773, newbery medal [X], audiobooks, compact discs, historical fiction, children's audiobooks, compact discs