Classics for Older Children


Author
Paterson, Katherine
Call Number
J NEWBERY PATERSON
Summary
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. (Winner 1978)
Author
Raskin, Ellen
Call Number
J NEWBERY RASKIN
Summary
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. (1979 Winner)
Title
Holes
Author
Sachar, Louis
Call Number
J NEWBERY SACHAR
Summary
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. (1999 Winner)
Author
Taylor, Mildred D.
Call Number
J NEWBERY TAYLOR
Summary
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand. (1977 Winner)
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