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Connorissurehisbestfriend,Branwell,couldn'thavehurtBranwell'sbabyhalfsister,Nikki.ButNikkiliesinacoma,andBranwellisinajuvenilebehavioralcenter,suspectedofahorriblecrimeandunabletoutterthewordstotellwhatreallyhappened.ConnoristheonlyonewhomightbeabletobreakthroughBranwell'swallofsilence.ButhowcanheproveBranwelldidn'tcommittheunspeakableactofwhichhe'saccused--whenBranwellcan'tspeakforhimself?
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E.L.KonigsburgistheonlyauthortohavewontheNewberyMedalandberunner-upinthesameyear.In1968FromtheMixed-UpFilesofMrs.BasilE.FrankweilerwontheNewberyMedalandJennifer,Hecate,Macbeth,WilliamMcKinley,andMe,ElizabethwasnamedNewberyHonorBook.AlmostthirtyyearslatershewontheNewberyMedalonceagainforTheViewFromSaturday.Shehasalsowrittenandillustratedthreepicturebooks:SamuelTodd'sBookofGreatColors,SamuelTodd'sBookofGreatInventions,andAmyElizabethExploresBloomingdale's.In2000shewroteSilenttotheBone,whichwasnamedaNewYorkTimesNotableBookandanALABestBookforYoungAdults,amongmanyotherhonors.AftercompletingherdegreeatCarnegieMellonUniversity,Ms.KonigsburgdidgraduateworkinorganicchemistryattheUniversityofPittsburgh.Forseveralyearsshetaughtscienceataprivategirls'school.Whenthethirdofherthreechildrenstartedkindergarten,shebegantowrite.ShenowlivesonthebeachinNorthFlorida.