Newbery+Winners

. [] ===2.**1986: //Sarah, Plain and Tall//**by Patricia MacLachlan (Harper) is about a widowed father with two children named Anna and Caleb. The father advertises for a wife and Sarah comes from the state of Main to the wide open prairie. This story will grab your heart when the children become very attached to Sarah but she is not sure this is her calling in her life away from the home she loves.===
 * 1. 2004: //The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread//**by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) is written about a mouse who is in love with a princess named Pea. His name is Despereaux Tilling born to read and has big ears so he loves to listen to music! There is a rat and a serving girl who were not treated kindly.They are all led on a journey that will teach them something about themselves.

[] ===**3.1999: //Holes//**by Louis Sachar (Frances Foster)is a book about boys at a camp being forced to dig large holes at Camp Green Lake searching for a treasure that once belonged to Kate who simply wanted to love another man. A particular boy, Stanley Yelnats (stanley backwards) may have a connection to this treasure with his great great-grandfather 110 years ago. Stanley discovers the truth about himself and his family in this adventurous life journey.=== [] ===4. **1984: //Dear Mr. Henshaw//**by Beverly Cleary (Morrow) is a book that begins with Leigh Botts writing a letter to his favorite author, Mr. Henshaw, as a class assignment. The author writes back and asks Leigh some questions that his mother insists he answer. As Leigh answers Mr. Henshaw, we learn about his struggles with his parents' divorce, his relationship with his father, his loneliness because of being the new kid in town, and his feelings of being just medium. Mr. Henshaw encourages Leigh to keep a diary, and the book is written in that format. === [] ===5. **1994: //The Giver//**by Lois Lowry(Houghton) is right up there with Twilight and Hunger Games in popularity at the time. This book is about a 12-year-old boy who receives a role in a community and is trained by The Giver. The Giver holds all the pain and joys of life. This book journeys to a world of no fear or pain. What will the truth reveal to Jonas?=== []