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1. What year was the medal first awarded?
2. Who designed the medal?
3. What organization gives out the award?
4. Does the author have be a citizen of the United States?
5. This book takes place in England during the Middle Ages. Robin, the son of Sir John de Bureford is supposed to be on his way north to begin training as a page. Instead he lies ill while plague ravishes London. He is rescued by Brother Luke and taken to the hospice of St. Mark's. Which book is it?
6. Will Stanton is the last of the Old Ones. He has come to Wales to recuperate from a serious illness. He meets Bran and Bran's dog Cafall. His task is the wake the six sleepers with the lost golden harp. Which book is it?
7. Claudia wanted to run away from home. She planned it carefully. She chose her brother Jamie to come with her because he was quiet and since he saved all his money he was 'rich.' They ran away and lived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Which book is it?
8. This book is about a Bulgarian peasant boy who wants to be a sculptor. His mother cannot understand why he would want to leave the land that gives his family bread. His grandfather is a farmer and a very good farmer but he is also a storyteller who understands the need of an artist to express himself. Which book is it?
9. Jeff Busey 16, is plowing on his family's Kansas farm in 1861. An emergency summons from the farm house sends him running. His entire family must fight off an attempt by pro-slavery forces to take their father. Convinced that there is no other way Jeff gets his father's permission to join the union forces. Which book is this?
10. Noah, Nadi, Ethan and Julian were chosen by Mrs. Olinski to be on her 6th grade Academic Bowl team. They win the 6th grade Academic Bowl at Epiphany Middle School and then they go on to beat the 7th and 8th grade teams as well. Which book is it?
11. This book is about a 13-year-old Eskimo girl who has to decide between an arranged marriage or running away. She decides to leave and cross the tundra on her way to visit her pen pal in San Francisco. Which book it it?
12. This book is about a young girl growing up on a Chesapeake Bay island during the 1940's. She is a twin. Everybody loves her sister who is selfish and spoiled. Louise becomes friends with Captain Wallace and learns about the watermen and the island. Which book is it?
13. On a trip from Ohio to Idaho, 13-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle tells her grandparents the story of Phoebe Winterbottom. The book is about both Phoebe's story and Salamanca's own story. Which book is it?
14. Mafatu is a Polynesian and son of a great chief. He is afraid of the sea, it took his mother when he was a baby. Everyone taunted him because of his fear. He is determined to master his fear, so he leaves on a journey with only his dog and his pet albatross. Which book is it?
15. It is 1943 Copenhagen and the Nazis are coming. Ellen Rosen moves in with her best friend Annemarie Johansen's family and pretends to be part of their family. Annemarie must show great courage to protect her friend. Which book am I?
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