Newbery Books I (Martin) Have Already Read

The Newbery Awards were started in 1922. So, there have been 87 Newbery Awards given so far. I have read ten of them so far. These ten books (ranked in order of favorites) are:

10. Sarah, Plain and Tall. It's so bad. This book is about a farming community and tells how these two kids get a mother. There was no action. No rebellion, no gun firing, nothing. It took place in the 1800s. Boring. (by Patricia MacLachlan, 1986).

9. Walk Two Moons. This one was pretty good, although the plot was pretty basic. Nothing amazing happens. It's kind of depressing in the end. It's about this girl whose mother is dead, and she's going to her mothers burial. On the way, she talks about her friend Phoebe. (by Sharon Creech, 1995).

8. A Wrinkle in Time. Yeah, this one was a good book. It was solid. I liked how it went into what could happen if one power becomes too strong, and takes over the world. I also liked the tessering. What I didn't like was the characters were too fake. Charles Wallace is such a super genius. (by Madeline L'Engle, 1963).

7. Island of the Blue Dolphins. The character is cool. It shows how one Native Girl remembers how to survive, and builds a community with her two dogs (one of them dies) and how she is alone. He really goes into how lonely she was on the island. (by Scott O'Dell, 1961).

6. Johnny Tremain. It was a very solid book. It wasn't really surprising, which I liked about it. It really goes into how a 16 year old boy might have felt during that time (Colonial Period). It was a really good book. The only bad part was, the author didn't really go into any detail about Johnny Tremain's past, so you know that he had some rich ancestors, but not how he's connected to them, really. (by Esther Forbes, 1944).

5. Holes. A great book, very funny! Though I don't like the way the author told it. I didn't like the perspective. (by Louis Sachar, 1999).

4. Bud, Not Buddy. This book describes how hard the times were in the Great Depression. I liked the character Bud. I didn't like the part where he was on the lam. (by Paul Curtis, 2000).

3. Twenty-one Balloons. This was a very funny, very creative, very good book. (by William Pene du Bois, 1948).

2. Voyages of Dr. Doolittle. I really like how Dr. Doolittle brings all these creatures on the island with him, and how he's looking for a legendary prince. It's a great book, except it was a little far-fetched how the prince survived inside the cave for so long. (by Hugh Lofting, 1923).

1. The Grey King. AWESOME BOOK!! Except it's too short. To really get the feel for it, you really have to read the rest of the Dark is Rising series. (by Susan Cooper, 1976).