Archive for the ‘Award Winners’ Category
A Wrinkle In Time – Reviewing Classics
Square Fish, 1963
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0312367546
244 pages
Newbery Award Winner
Synopsis
Meg and Charles Wallace Murry’s father has disappeared while in the midst of doing research for the government on the top-secret tesseract program. During a stormy night, seemingly like any other, a stranger appears and takes Meg, Charles Wallace, and Meg’s friend Calvin O’Keefe on a journey to save Mr. Murry. Finding themselves on a planet where everyone is doing exactly the same thing at the same time, the trio must use all their cunning and love for each other to overcome this powerful evil and save Mr. Murry. …
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Hyperion Book, 2002
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0786816589
272 pages
Newbery Medal Winner
Synopsis
The boy known only as “Asta’s son” has led a simple life, living with his mother on a plot of land in 14th-century England. However, when she suddenly dies, Asta’s son becomes aware of an entirely different story on about his life and a plot to kill him. …
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