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A Corner of the Universe is a book by Ann M. Martin, published in 2002. It won a Newbery Honor in 2003. Ann Matthews Martin (born August 12, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American author of childrens and young adult books, most notably the The Baby-sitters Club series. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
The following is a list of Newbery Honor books, in reverse chronological order: // Recent winners 2006 Whittington by Alan Armstrong (Random House) Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitlers Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Childrens Books) Show...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Plot The summer of 1960 is a season that the novel's narrator and protagonist, 12-year-old Hattie Owen, expects to be as comfortably uneventful as all the others. She's looking forward to helping her mother run their boarding house, painting alongside her artist father, and reading. Then 21-year-old Uncle Adam, whom Hattie never knew existed, comes to stay with the Owens because his "school" has closed down. It soon becomes apparent that he has mental problems: he is a rapidly babbling, Lucille Ball-quoting, calendar-savant and emotionally immature child in a man's body. Hattie's grandparents act embarrassed whenever Adam is around, and her peers laugh at him. However, Hattie quickly finds a kindred spirit in her uncle, and the two embark on a summer during which Hattie will find adventure, tragedy and enlightment as she "lifts the corners of [her] universe" in order to better understand those around her and to learn to heal and communicate. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ...
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