Mock
NewberyPossible
Winners
2011
Alchemy wizardry
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Also author of
Catherine Called Birdy
Maltilda Bone
Midwife’s apprentice
Rodzina
Meggy has a lame leg but
that doesn’t stop her, but
can her father really make
gold, and will that
end him with his head
on London Bridge?
Karen Cushman
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It’s one problem after
another when his train
strands him in the
middle of nowhere.
It’s from bad to worse.
What’s next??
Also author of Criss Cross
also
also author of
Aurora County All Stars
Each little bird that sings
Love, Ruby lavender
Fanny Chapman is dealing
with all the drama at home
But it’s 1962 and
there is a larger issue looming
Kennedy is dealing
with Russia sending missiles
to Cuba
Deborah Wiles
Fictionalized account of
the life of
Pablo Neruda,
Nobel prize winning
Chilean poet.
Pam Munoz Ryan
also author of
Esperanza Rising
Paint the Wind
Riding Freedom
She was just following a
mouse when she falls into
another universe where they
think she is a witch come
to eat them all up.
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also author of
Dovey Coe
Shooting the Moon
Frances O’Roark Dowell
Curizon and Isabel have
escaped, but he finds
himself back in the military,
now wintering at
Valley Forge , and not
everyone believes he is free.
What can he do to
survive, and will he find
Isabel again?
also author of
Chains
Fever 1793
By Margi Preus
Based on a true story,
it’s 1841 and 14 year old
Manjiro who has always
wanted to be a samurai, but
is instead shipwrecked on a
deserted island until he
is rescued by a whaling ship
and because of his quick
Wit and abilities is “adopted” by
the American captain, and
becomes the first Japanese
person to set foot in the
United States.
Three children have been
raised by wolves, but now
they have been “rescued”
and must behave properly
and be ready to perform
for the Christmas Ball.
What is really going on?
Keeper sets off to find
her mother with her
seagull friend Captain, but
she believes her mother
is a mermaid, and there’s
a storm brewing and
the tide is turning…..
Kathy Appelt
A story about art,
inspiration and the
meaning of Home
Celest is just looking for
a home, but she becomes
the inspiration for Joseph,
assistant to the great
Audubon illustrator at his
home in 1821 New Orleans,
Louisiana
When Flory the night fairy
gets her wings suddenly
broken, she is left almost
defenseless and has to
regroup and live in the
day. Will she be able
to survive?
It’s New Orleans again, but
this time it’s time for
Hurricane Katrina, and
12 year old Lanesha is
going to be on her own.
When 11 year old Delphine
and her sisters try to
return “home”, their mother
busy with her own life,
doesn’t really want them,
and sends them off to
a Black Panther summer
camp. What is really
Going on?
Winner
Scott O”Dell
Historical Fiction
Mibs’s cousin Ledge finds
out his power is to make
things fall apart, and
that puts his Uncle Autry’s
ranch in trouble.
What its all about ?
Ingrid Law
Author of Savvy
The government of Maine is
going to shut down their
island’s one room school
house. So they decide to
take in foster children, but
Tess’s family gets a
trumpet playing kid.
How’s that going to work?
Author of Rules
Life on the frontier is
Never easy, but it’s
Especially hard for Amos,
the son of a “dowser”,
and one filled with
adversity and losses but
adventure too.
Author of
Keeper of the Night
My Louisiana Sky
When Zachary Beaver came
to town
Kimberly Holt
Author of
Keeper of the Night
My Louisiana Sky
When Zachary Beaver came
to town
Charlie Anne’s mother has
died and her aunt Mirabel
comes to “help” out but
ends up piling Charlie Anne
full of chores, until a new
girl moves in next door.
Her name is Phoebe.
She’s lost her mother too,
and she becomes Charlie
Anne’s best friend,
but she’s African American.
What’s everyone going to do?
By Kimberly Fusca
It’s 1776 Pennsylvania, but
his parents have been
captured by Native
Americans and the
British, and Samuel is
going off to rescue them.
Also author of
Hatchet
Mr. Tucket
Non Fiction
Explains the creation
of the song and ballet
Appalachian Spring
by Aaron Copeland
By Jan Greenberg
Non Fiction
Collection of short poems
that can be reversed
and give another view
of the fairy tale
characters they are about.
By Marilyn Singer
Non Fiction
They called themselves
The K. K. K.
Documents the history of
The Klu Klux Klan
Also author of
Black Potatoes
Hitler Youth
By Susan Bartoletti
Non Fiction
History of WW I with
pictures and information
about how “advanced”
weaponry impacted the war.
By Russell Freedman
Read a few!
Which one will win?
Newbery Awards
announced
Monday, Jan. 10