These are the transition books, the last ones of my childhood and the first of my teaching career.

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal by Joan W. Blos – xxx

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson – xxx

A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard – Interesting this was the Newbery choice the year I began college and studied (and fell in love with) William Blake for real.

Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt – xxx

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary – I find it amazing, as someone who adores Ramona Quimby and the entire Klickitat Street gang, that it took this long for the Newbery folks to award a medal to Beverly Cleary.

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley – xxx

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan – xxx

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman – xxx

Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman – xxx

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman – xxx

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