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2012 Newbery Award

cover of bookWINNER:
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chonicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
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Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, beliefs and morals.
Past Newbery Medal and Honor books, 1922 - present.
 

2012 Caldecott Award

cover of bookWINNER:
 A Ball for Daisy
illustrated by Chris Raschka
A wordless picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
 Blackout
illustrated and written by John Rocco
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
 Grandpa Green
illustrated and written by Lane Smith
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
 Me...Jane
illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals.
Past Caldecott Medal and Honor books, 1938 - present.
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