Award Winning Books
Explore award-winning books and Pulitzer award winners at our online bookstore. Find the best books to read, best-selling books, prize-winning books, and Caldecott award winners all in one place!
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Novel without a Name"Reminiscent of All Quiet on Western Front and The Red Badge of Courage. . . . A breathtakingly original work."--San Francisco Chronicle Twenty-eight-year-old Quan has been fighting for the Communist cause in North Vietnam for a decade. Filled with idealism and hope when he...
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Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well LivedSome people are born to lead and destined to teach by the example of living life to the fullest, and facing death with uncommon honesty and courage. Peter Barton was that kind of person.Driven by the ideals that sparked a generation, he became an...
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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully FamousThis award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths--and not for the faint of heart. Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess--especially before...
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Harvest of Rubies: (Book 1)The prophet Nehemiah's cousin can speak numerous languages, keep complex accounts, write on rolls of parchment and tablets of clay, and solve great mysteries. There is only one problem: she's a woman in a man's court. In her early childhood years, Sarah experienced the...
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Clap Your HandsFull of reasons to get up and dance, Lorinda Bryan Cauley's popular picture book, now available in board book format, has been delighting children for nearly a decade. Little ones will jump at the chance to join this menagerie of zany animals and children...
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The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die"Take her out back and finish her off." She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not...
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The First World WarNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians. "Elegantly written, clear, detailed, and omniscient.... Keegan is...perhaps the best military historian of our day." --The New York Times Book Review The First World War created...
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Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else [With CD (Audio)]A poetry collection that listens as much as it speaks, crafted for every reader finding their voice.This beloved anthology, edited by Elise Paschen, gathers more than 100 classic and contemporary poems that capture the hopes, heartbreaks, questions, and joys of growing up. Hear, the...
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John, Paul, George & BenFrom New York Times bestselling creator and Caldecott Honor recipient Lane Smith comes a fun story of five little lads before they became five really big Founding Fathers--perfect for celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence! Once there were four lads ....
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James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view - In development as a feature film...
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History of the Ancient SouthwestAccording to archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies. This book challenges and reconfigures these accepted notions by telling two parallel stories, one about the development, personalities, and...
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Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant MemoirA hopeful look at coping with the ravages of serious chronic illness by an accomplished journalist, a contributing columnist for the New York Times, and former senior producer of the CBS Evening News Richard Cohen, a veteran journalist, has lived with multiple sclerosis for...
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Your MamaA sweet twist on the age-old "yo mama" joke, celebrating fierce moms everywhere with playful lyricism and gorgeous illustrations, Your Mama is an essential Mother's Day read.Yo' mama so sweet, she could be a bakery. She dresses so fine, she could have a clothing...
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UmbrellaMomo can't wait to use the red boots and umbrella she received on her birthday. All she needs now is a rainy day! Soft illustrations portray a thoughtful story about patience and growing independence.Author: Taro YashimaPublisher: Puffin BooksPublished: 08/25/1977Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 6.90h...
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The Man Who Walked Between the TowersThe story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and...
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The ChildrenThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Best and the Brightest, The Reckoning", and "The Fifties" now tells the story of the civil rights movement, as seen through the eyes of the young people--the "Children"--who became early revolutionaries in Nashville in the 1960s.Author: David HalberstamPublisher:...
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Take Your Best Shot: Do Something Bigger Than YourselfDiscover how you can respond to God's call in your own life, whether it's in your own town or on the other side of the world.Teen Austin Gutwein has taken his best shot several thousand timesto help AIDS orphans in Africa and in the...
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On Noah's ArkJan Brett's intricate illustrations make a stunning picture book of a favorite story--this time featuring Noah's granddaughter. As the floodwaters rise, she helps take the animals onto the ark and get them settled down. But it's not easy when giraffes are sleeping next to...
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Merci Suárez Changes GearsWinner of the Newbery MedalA New York Times bestsellerThoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina. Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no...
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Frontier Living: An Illustrated Guide To Pioneer Life In AmericaWith more than 200 illustrations by the author. Author: Edwin TunisPublisher: Lyons PressPublished: 08/01/2000Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 10.99h x 8.52w x 0.51dISBN: 9781585741373Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
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