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The 5th Wave
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The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It
Clockwork Princess
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
Love Medicine
Love Medicine: Newly Revised Edition
The Grey King (Dark Is Rising Sequence)
This might be the first Newbery winner that I felt was just 'ok'. Newbery winners go beyond plot. They feature heroes that make difficult choices and have complex lives. This story is part of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising and I have to admit that I have only read one or two of the earlier books. So maybe I missed something in the earlier parts of this series. But in this story, the good characters do good deeds and make good choices and fight evil. But I didn't think they suffered huge angst over what they should do, or had incredibly deep characters. And, the plot was a bit predictable. Maybe I'm missing something, but when a book's cover has that medal on it, I expect a story that will stay with me for a long time. This one, didn't do it for me.
