Newbery Medal

(P: 13). The second example, which pays tribute to the role of motherhood, is the novel "The Roll of Thunder, hear my cry" for the African-American author Mildred D.Taylor. It won the Newbery Medal for children's literature and the book explains racism in South America, specifically in the state of Mississippi. Taylor tells the reader in her book a historical series for her family in Mississippi for slavery and injustice that inflicted upon…

Gracee Abeyta Mrs. Jacobson American Literature - Honors 2 Jan. 2018 The Validity of War The telling of a realistic war story cannot be successful unless it truly holds light to the extremely grueling physical and emotional battles that the average American soldier undergoes. Capturing these experiences is a feat that, if accomplished, should not go without honor and admiration for decades to come. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, published in 1988, is a novel that deserves this amount of…