A Newbery Honor Collection: Four Classic John Newbery Honor Books: The Black Pearl / On My Honor / Catherine, Called Birdy / The Wednesday Wars

This lovely library of stellar Newbery Honor–winning novels features four favorite 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 “Reverberates with . . . proud admiration of the courage of the human spirit.” – Publishers Weekly Praise for On My “A powerful, soul-stirring novel told simply and well.” – Booklist, starred review Praise for Catherine, Called “Superb historical fiction.” – School Library Journal, starred review Praise for The Wednesday “Schmidt...makes the implausible believable and the everyday momentous...a gentle, hopeful, moving story.” – Booklist, starred review