Publisher's Synopsis
This lovely library of stellar Newbery Honor-winning novels features four favorite adventures: Scott O'Dell's The Black Pearl (1968), Marion Dane Bauer's On My Honor (1987), Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy (1995), and Gary D. Schmidt's Wednesday Wars (2008). All four are the latest paperback editions with updated covers, and the set makes a wonderful gift for the voracious reader. Pair with the Newbery Collection boxed set! Praise for The Black Pearl:"Reverberates with . . . proud admiration of the courage of the human spirit." -Publishers WeeklyPraise for On My Honor:"A powerful, soul-stirring novel told simply and well." -Booklist, starred reviewPraise for Catherine, Called Birdy:"Superb historical fiction." -School Library Journal, starred reviewPraise for The Wednesday Wars:"Schmidt...makes the implausible believable and the everyday momentous...a gentle, hopeful, moving story." -Booklist, starred review.
