Feathers

시를 통해 세상을 새롭게 보기 시작한 Frannie 의 이야기 (재클린 우드슨 저, 뉴베리상 수상작)

Though they’re reading poems about it in school, Frannie hasn’t thought much about hope. Instead, she’s worried about her brother, concerned about her best friend’s increasing holiness, and felling fed up with the bullies at school. But then a mysterious new boy comes to school. He seems almost perfect, but maybe he isn’t quite what he appears. Through his perspective, though, Frannie and her friends start seeing things in a different way.

Mr. Popper's Penguins

페퍼씨와 그가 키우는 12마리 펭귄의 유쾌한 이야기 (리처드 앳워터 저, 뉴베리상 수상작)

The lovable Mr. Popper dreams of being an intrepid Antarctic explorer, living life among the penguins alongside his hero, Admiral Drake. So he is shocked one day when the Admiral responds to his fan letter by sending him a package containing a real, live penguin! Soon, this penguin is joined by another, and before long Mr. Popper has an ice rink in the basement and a dozen delightful penguins living in his house. With hardly enough money to feed his family, and an ever-increasing bill for raw fish and canned shrimp, what can the wonderfully imaginative Mr. Popper do but train his penguins and take the show on the road.

Rob Roy

18세기 스코틀랜드 시대 배경으로, 당시 시대상을 현실적으로 묘사한 고전 (윌터 스콧 저)

Rob Roy is often considered a hero in Scotland and an outlaw in England. He helps the main protagonist, Francis (Frank) Osbaldistone, during the young man’s journey to Scotland and in the Highlands. Exiled from London by his angry father who would like him to follow his same career in business, Frank discovers the harsh reality of Scottish life and the reasons for the Scottish people’s general hostility towards England and the Hanoverians. His romantic poetical mind has to come to terms with both the intrigues of a sly cousin, and with the dangers of a friendship with Rob Roy. He is also irresistibly attacked to Diana Vernon, the beautiful girl whose life is surrounded by mystery. Once again Walter Scott shows his ability for creating vivid, fascinating portraits of Scotland by bringing his romantic figures to life through his Highland characters.

Category : Upper-Intermediate / Classical Fiction / Certificate in Advanced English / Moral and Civic Education

The Bridge to Terabithia

평범한 시골 소년 제시와 도시에서 온 소녀 레슬리의 둘만의 비밀 왕국 ‘테라비시아’에서 펼쳐지는 환상의 세계를 그린 작품 (캐서린 패터슨 저, 뉴베리상 수상작)

Now a major motion picture, discover the beloved Newbery Medal-winning story of Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke. Join Jess and Leslie as they form an unlikely friendship and create the imaginary land of Terabithia. There they rule as king and queen, until a terrible tragedy occurs that helps Jess understand just how much he has learned from Leslie.

The Higher Power of Lucky

어머니를 잃은 소녀 럭키와 럭키의 프랑스인 보호자(아버지의 전부인)의 가족애가 담긴 작품 (수잔 패트론 저, 뉴베리상 수상작)

Lucky is mostly happy in Hard Pan, California (population 43), with her guardian, Brigitte, and her beloved dog, HMS Beagle. But Lucky knows that the difference between a guardian and an actual mom is that a mom can’t resign. So when she becomes convinced Brigitte is planning to return to France, what can Lucky do except run away from home, with HMS Beagle and the world’s heaviest survival-kit backpack in tow?
But she hadn’t counted on a dust storm, or a troublesome five-year-old turning up, minus one shoe, with a cholla burr stuck into his heel. That weighty backpack contained just about every item except the one thing we all need in order to survive and thrive, but Lucky finds it just in time.