2012 Newbery Medal Winners!!

Congratulations to those who worked so hard and earned the Newbery Awards!

Jack Gantos for
Dead End in Norvelt

Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents. But plenty of excitement comes Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town.

Reading Information:
Word Count: 73,597
Page Count: 352
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 12.0
AR quiz: 146010

INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN
by Thanhha Lai

**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** SchoolLibraryJournal
**Starred Review** ALA Booklist

4.06 avg rating — 11,563 ratings 

For all the ten years of her life, HÀ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of her very own papaya tree.

But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. HÀ and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, HÀ discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape . . . and the strength of her very own family.

Common Core Recommended
Word Count: 14,925
Page Count: 272
Accelerated Reading level: 4.8 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 142622
Lexile: 800L

BREAKING STALIN'S NOSE
by Eugene Yelchin

**Starred Review**Horn Book
3.80 avg rating — 3,295 ratings 

Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six:

• The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism.
• A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience.
• A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings.

But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night.

Common Core Recommended
Word Count: 15,128
Page Count: 160
Accelerated Reading level: 4.6 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 146486