Status
Available
Call number
DDC/MDS
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Publication
Boston : Little, Brown, c1990.
Original publication date
1990
Description
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Language
Physical description
184 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
9780316807227
Awards
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 1990)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1992)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1993)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1993)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 1993)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1992)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1992)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 1993)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Youth — 1993)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1993)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1993)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1991)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1994)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1992)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Winner — 1993)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1993, 1994)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1993)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Winner — 1992-1993)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — Children's — 1993)
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1992)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Winner — Middle School — 1993)
Golden Archer Award (Winner — 1991)
Charlotte Award (Winner — 1992)
IBBY Honour Book (2002)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 1992)
Carolyn W. Field Award (Winner — 1991)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1991)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (10th Edition: 1988-1992; 12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 1992)