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Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal) じょん・にゅーべりー・めだる

Edition 75 (1996)

Children's literature awardEnglish-language children's booksAmerican literature award

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Karen Cushman かれん・かっしゅまん Winner

Set in medieval England, the novel follows a nameless homeless girl as she becomes a midwife’s apprentice and slowly finds a name, a place, and a sense of confidence.

A nameless girl finds a place in the world.

128 pages
children’s literaturemedieval Englandcoming of ageself-discovery