Winterbound
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Winterbound is a children's novel by Margery Williams. It is a family story set in a Connecticut farmhouse during the Great Depression.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bzeHhAwuM6UC The Newbery Companion by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001] page 86
Nineteen-year-old Kay and sixteen-year-old Garry are in charge of the house and their younger siblings while their parents are away during the winter.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6pujShjG1YkC&dq The Newbery & Caldecott Awards: a Guide to the Medal and Honor Books by the Association for Library Service to Children, ALA Editions, 2009], page 74 The novel, illustrated by Kate Seredy, was first published in 1936 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1937.{{Cite web
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Category:American children's novels
Category:Newbery Honor–winning works
Category:Novels set in Connecticut
Category:Great Depression novels
Category:1936 children's books
Category:Children's books set in Connecticut
Category:Children's books set in the 1930s
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