Why was Missing May and Newberry Award Winner?

Question

need this answered by Friday if possible!! I need this answered exactly they way I asked it so please answer it by the day above or the lastet next Friday!
oh by the way Missing May is a book!!!
So please please help me out!!!
whoever does I will luv u!1 but not in the sensitive way just as a helpful person!!!!
Luv Ash

Answer 1

I think only the members of the American Library Association committee of 1993 can tell you EXACTLY why it was chosen for a Newberry medal over all the other choices. But I can always pass on what other people liked about the book: (This is from Publisher's Weekly)

This short novel is a study of grief--chiefly, that felt by Summer after her foster mother's sudden death, but also her sorrow at witnessing the grief of Ob, her foster father--she realizes that she herself may not be reason enough for him to go on living. And for several months it seems as if he may not in fact go on, until Summer and Ob take a short car trip that somehow transforms their lives. In a direct, matter-of-fact voice occasionally laced with irony and wry humor, Summer articulates many discerning insights about sorrow and loss. The reader remains a distant observer of her emotions, however--perhaps because the novel begins after May's death, making her a less immediate figure, perhaps because Summer's perceptions are quite sophisticated, even adult. And the novel's emotional turning point is difficult to grasp, either verbally or intuitively: all Summer, and we, know is that "something happened to Ob" to make him embrace life fully again.

Other reviews by less professional people seem to pick out similar stuff. It has a sense of humour, is invovled but not TOO involved in the grief process, and that it has a generally healing view of spirituality, even though the spirituality involved may be a little occult. Being well-written certainly doesn't hurt, either! Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Missing May is a book by Cynthia Plait or something. Newberry is the award the author recived for Missing May

Answer 3

I'm with Answerer 1.