Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt

"Joe Pepitone once gave me his New York Yankees baseball cap."

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Summary: As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage. Companion to The Wednesday Wars.

Clarion Books, 360 pages

The War to End All Wars - World War I by Russell Freedman

"Those who lived through World War I called it the Great War because of its massive scale: some two dozen countries joined the conflict, which swept across continents and killed perhaps 20 million people."

Contents:

Murder in Sarajevo -- Armed to the teeth -- To Berlin! To Paris! -- "The most terrible August in the history of the world" -- Stalemate -- The technology of death and destruction -- Life and death in the trenches -- Over the top -- The Battle of Verdun -- The Battle of the Somme -- The war at sea -- Mutiny, revolution, and the collapse of armies -- "Lafayette, we are here!" : America joins the fight -- The last offensive and the collapse of empires -- Losing the peace.=

Publisher: Clarion Books; 176 pages

Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman

"Ye toads and vipers," the girl said, as her granny often had, "ye toads and vipers," and she snuffled a great snuffle that echoed in the empty room.

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Summary: Meggy Swann is newly arrived in Elizabethan London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Just as her alchemist father pursues his Great Work of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy finds herself pursuing her own transformation.

Publisher: Clarion Books; 166 pages

The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

"Terrible things should never happen in springtime,
and it was almost spring."

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Abstract: In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.

Publisher: Clarion Books; 144 pages

Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park

"How's come you guys don't bunt?"

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Abstract: In Brooklyn in 1951, a die-hard Giants fan teaches nine-year-old Maggie, who is a "Bums" (Dodgers) fan, how to use a technique to keep score of a baseball game which creates a special friendship between them.

Publisher: Clarion Books; 202 pages

Trouble by Gary Schmidt

"Henry Smith's Father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble never find you."

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CIP Summary: Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion - the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin - and reveals troubles that predate the accident.

Publisher: Clarion Books; 304 pages





(Alternate spellings of this award include: Newberry, Newbury, & Newbary)