Archive - Newburied

October 2024

1922: THE STORY OF MANKIND by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

We live under the shadow of a gigantic question mark.

Oct 29, 2024 •

1998: OUT OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse

As summer wheat came ripe, so did I,/born at home, on the kitchen floor.

Oct 22, 2024 •

2002: A SINGLE SHARD by Linda Sue Park

“Eh, Tree-ear! Have you hungered well today?”

Oct 15, 2024 •

1938: THE WHITE STAG by Kate Seredy

Old Nimrod, Mighty Hunter before the Lord, leaned wearily against the stones of the sacrificial altar.

Oct 8, 2024 •

1975: M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT by Virginia Hamilton

Mayo Cornelius Higgins raised his arms high to the sky and spread them wide.

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

1993: MISSING MAY by Cynthia Rylant

When May died, Ob came back to the trailer, got out of his good suit and into his regular clothes, then went and sat in the Chevy for the rest of the…

Sep 24, 2024 •

2015: THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander

At the top of the key, I'm/MOVING & GROOVING,

Sep 17, 2024 •

1980: A GATHERING OF DAYS: A NEW ENGLAND GIRL’S JOURNAL, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos

Sunday, October 17, 1830: I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 7 months, 8 days, of Meredith in the State of New Hampshire, do begin this book.

Sep 10, 2024 •

1970: SOUNDER by William H. Armstrong with illustrations by James Barkley

The tall man stood at the edge of the porch.

Sep 3, 2024 •

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