Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
This is an autobiographical but fictionalized story about young Jack Gantos, a problem child, who became an assistant obituary writer (wrote about when people died).
Winner of Newberry Medal 2012.
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Ten-year-old Há was raised in beautiful Viet Nam, but her family is forced to flee and ends up moving to Alabama. The novel chronicles a year in Há's young life during which she must adjust to life in a new country, and the loss of her country of birth. Newberry Honor 2012
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Young Sasha Zaichik is ready to join the Young Pioneers to express his devotion to Stalin and his willingness to work for the cause, when suddenly his father, a staunch communist, is arrested.
Newberry Honor 2012
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