1990s - Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards - LibGuides at Unger Memorial Library

1990

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Maniac Magee : a novel by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: J-Fiction SP
ISBN: 9780316807227
Publication Date: 1990-04-02
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Maniac Magee [CD] by Jerry Spinelli; S. Epatha Merkerson (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction SP (Juvenile Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9780307243188
Publication Date: 2005-05-10
Maniac Magee [OverDrive E-Book] by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780316378437
Publication Date: 2014

Stonewords

Stonewords : a ghost story by Pam Conrad
Call Number: J-Fiction CO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060213169
Publication Date: 1990-03-28
Zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of an eleven-year-old girl, who carries her back to the day of her death in 1870 to try to alter that tragic event.

Saturnalia

Saturnalia by Paul Fleischman
Call Number: J-FIction FL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060219123
Publication Date: 1990-04-11
In 1681 in Boston, 14-year-old William, a captured Indian, serves as a printer's apprentice but also desires to explore his Indian past.

Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China by Ed Young (Illustrator, Translator)
Call Number: Easy YOU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399216190
Publication Date: 1989-11-01
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault ; illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Call Number: Easy MA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 061767949X
Publication Date: 1989
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

1991

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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Ruth E. Murray (Illustrator); Avi
Call Number: J-Fiction AV
ISBN: 9780531058930
Publication Date: 1990-09-01
As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious.

Appalachia : the voices of sleeping birds by Cynthia Rylant; Barry Moser (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-974 RYL (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152016050
Publication Date: 1991-04-15
A description of the people of Appalachia in words and pictures.

The Wright Brothers : how they invented the airplane by Russell Freedman
Call Number: Juv B WRI (Juvenile biography)
ISBN: 97808234
Publication Date: 1991
Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy PAT (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525672838
Publication Date: 1990-09-26
A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks.

Sophie and Lou by Petra Mathers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy MA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689844751
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Sophie is so shy, she goes to the supermarket when it's empty. She would give anything to learn how to dance, but she doesn't dare sign up for lessons. So, she borrows a how-to book from the Book-Mobile. Soon she has learned all the right steps. And then magically...a dance partner appears at her front door.

1992

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Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Call Number: J-Fiction RY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780531059968
Publication Date: 1992-03-01
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing but the Truth : a documentary novel by Avi
Call Number: YA F AVI (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780531059593
Publication Date: 1991-09-01
A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

Somewhere in the Darkness

Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: YA F MYE-WD (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780590424110
Publication Date: 1992-05-01
A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be a time of often painful discovery for them both.

Talking with Artists : conversations with Victoria Chess, Pat Cummings, Leo and Diane Dillon, RIchard Egielski, Lois Ehlert, Lisa Campbell Ernst, Tom Feelings, Steven Kellogg, Perry Pinkney, Amy Schwartz, Lane Smith, Chris Van Allsburg, and David Wiesner by Pat Cummings
Call Number: J-741.6 CUM (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780027242454
Publication Date: 1992-03-31
Fourteen picture book artists talk about their early art experiences, answer questions most frequently asked by children, and offer encouragement to those who would like to become artists.

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Call Number: Easy EH (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152661977
Publication Date: 1991-09-15
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling.

The Handmade Alphabet

The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin
Call Number: Easy RA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803709744
Publication Date: 1991-10-07
Presents the manual alphabet, used in American Sign Language.

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy YOU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399222610
Publication Date: 1992-04-29
Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy FL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780805016352
Publication Date: 1991-09-15
Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a todddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles.

1993

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The Giver by Lois Lowry
Call Number: J-Fiction LO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395645666
Publication Date: 1993-04-26
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
The Giver [OverDrive E-Book] by Lois Lowry
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780547946962
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
The Giver [OverDrive E-Book] by Lois Lowry
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book (2nd copy)
ISBN: 9780547946962
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
The Giver [OverDrive Audiobook] by Lois Lowry
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9780739344569
Publication Date: 2006

Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman? by Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack
Call Number: J-305.5 TRU (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780590446914
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

Lives of the Musicians : good times, bad times (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull; Kathryn Hewitt (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-780 KRU (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152480103
Publication Date: 1993-04-30
The lives of twenty composers and musicians, ranging from Vivaldi to Gershwin, are profiled in this humorous and informative collection.

The Fortune-Tellers by Lloyd Alexander
Call Number: Easy AL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525448495
Publication Date: 1992-09-30
A carpenter in the West African country of Cameroon goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way.

Raven : a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
Call Number: Easy MC (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152656614
Publication Date: 1993-04-30
Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

1994

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Scooter by Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction XW (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688093761
Publication Date: 1993-10-27
A child's silver blue scooter helps her adjust to her new home.

Western Wind : a novel by Paula Fox
Call Number: J-Fiction FO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780531068021
Publication Date: 1993-09-01
Twelve-year-old Elizabeth resents being sent to stay on a small Maine island after the arrival of her new baby brother, but the time she spends with her artist grandmother and an unusual young neighbor helps her to see things differently.

Eleanor Roosevelt : a life of discovery by Russell Freedman
Call Number: Juv B ROO (Juvenile biography)
ISBN: 9780899198620
Publication Date: 1993-08-15
A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (Illustrator); Eve Bunting
Call Number: Easy XS (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395570357
Publication Date: 1993-10-25
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

Owen by Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HEN M6 (Easy fiction)
ISBN: 9780688114503
Publication Date: 1993-09-15
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.

1995

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Jericho

Jericho : a novel by Janet Hickman
Call Number: J-Fiction HI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688133986
Publication Date: 1994-09-15
An account of twelve-year-old Angela's visit to help take care of her great-grandmother alternates with the story of the old woman's life.

Earthshine

Earthshine : a novel by Theresa Nelson
Call Number: J-Fiction NE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780531068670
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Slim watches over her father, a disarmingly charismatic man, as his struggle with AIDS reaches its climax.

Abigail Adams : witness to a revolution by Natalie S. Bober
Call Number: J-973.4 ADA (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689317606
Publication Date: 1995-05-01
A biography of Abigail Adams based on her many letters.

It's Perfectly Normal

It's Perfectly Normal : a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health by Robie H. Harris; Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-683.9 HAR (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780763626105
Publication Date: 2004-12-16
When young people have questions about sex, real answers can be hard to find. Providing accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, It's Perfectly Normal offers young people the information they need — now more than ever — to make responsible decisions and to stay healthy. Already used as a trusted resource in twenty-five countries around the world (and translated into twenty-one languages),

The Great Fire

The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
Call Number: J-977.31 MUR (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780590472678
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
Describes the fire that swept through Chicago in 1871 through the eyes of those survivors who wrote about their experiences in books, newspaper and magazine articles, or letters to friends.

John Henry by Julius Lester; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XLE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803716063
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525452713
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

1996

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Poppy by Brian Floca (Illustrator); Avi
Call Number: J-Fiction AV (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780531094839
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.

The Moorchild

The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw; Eloise McGraw
Call Number: J-Fiction MC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689806544
Publication Date: 1996-04-01
Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.

Belle Prater's Boy

Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Call Number: J-Fiction WH (Juvenile Fiction)
Publication Date: 1996
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
Belle Prater's Boy [CD] by Ruth White; Alison Elliot (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction WH (Juvenile Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9780307206558
Publication Date: 2005-04-12

Orphan Train Rider : one boy's true story by Andrea Warren
Call Number: J-362.73 WAR (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395398228
Publication Date: 1996
Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.

The Boy Who Lived with the Bears : and other Iroquois stories by Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: J-398.2 BRU (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060212872
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
A collection of traditional Iroquois tales in which animals learn about the dangers of selfishness.

Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner; Mark Buehner (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803714960
Publication Date: 1996-05-01
Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl who dreams of marrying a prince, but when her fairy godmother doesn't show up, she decides on a local farmer instead.

1997

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Harlem : a poem by Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XMY (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780590543408
Publication Date: 1997-02-01
A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.

Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig : the luckiest man by David A. Adler; Terry Widener (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy AD (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152005238
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
Call Number: J-709.2 LEO (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688104375
Publication Date: 1996
A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who, at about age thirty, began writing his famous notebooks, which contain the outpourings of his amazing mind.

1998

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The Circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child by Francisco Jiménez
Call Number: J-Fiction JI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395979020
Publication Date: 1999-10-25
A collection of stories about life in a migrant farm family.

My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Call Number: J-Fiction HO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780805052510
Publication Date: 1998-05-15
Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.

Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage; Susan L. Roth (Illustrator); L. Tillage
Call Number: J-975.6 TIL (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780374443306
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African-Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.

1999

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Holes by Louis Sachar
Call Number: J-Fiction SA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780374332655
Publication Date: 1998-08-20
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

The Trolls

The Trolls by Polly Horvath
Call Number: J-Fiction HO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780312384197
Publication Date: 2008-09-30
Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are on a trip to Paris and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspect family history.

Monster

Monster by Walter Dean Myers; Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction MY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060280772
Publication Date: 1999-04-21
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script.

The Top of the World : climbing Mout Everest by Steve Jenkins
Call Number: J-796.52 JEN (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395942185
Publication Date: 1999-04-26
Describes the conditions and terrain of Mount Everest, attempts that have been made to scale this peak, and general information about the equipment and techniques of mountain climbing.

William Shakespeare & the Globe

William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-822.33 AU (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060278205
Publication Date: 1999-04-07
Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
Call Number: J-919.8 ARM (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780517800133
Publication Date: 1998-11-17
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition.

The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear; James Marshall (Illustrator); Maurice Sendak (Afterword by)
Call Number: Easy LE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062050106
Publication Date: 1998-11-06
After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

Tibet : through the red box by Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SIS (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780374375522
Publication Date: 1998-11-05
An illustrated memoir of the author's father and his wanderings in Tibet.

Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards: 1990s