Newbery Honor Archives - The Antique Bookcase

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The Upstairs Room

By Johanna Reiss

A 10 yo Jewish girl and her sister hide from Nazis in a Dutch farmhouse during WWII

Elijah of Buxton

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Clever and slightly mischievous 11 yo African American boy is born free in Canada to former slave parents. He risks everything by chasing a thief into America.

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

By Lois Lenski

12 yo girl kidnapped by Seneca Native Americans, based on true story

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

By Rodman Philbrick

12 yo orphan boy from Maine journeys to Gettysburg to rescue his brother who was sold to Union army for Civil War effort

Catherine, Called Birdy

By Karen Cushman

14 yo daughter of a lord rebels against her father’s plans for her marriage in Medieval England.

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

By Carole Boston Weatherford

Picture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.

Sing Down the Moon

By Scott O'Dell

15 yo Native American Navajo girl and her family evicted from land by American soldiers and forced to march Long Walk

Show Way

By Jacqueline Woodson

Picture book depicts generations of African American women from author’s family and their special quilts containing secret messages and maps to freedom

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

By Marguerite Henry

Young boy gets to help schoolmaster raise founding sire of Morgan breed.

Seabird

By Holling C. Holling

History of America at sea, with a special emphasis on the New England whaling industry