cover image Bert Breen's Barn

Bert Breen's Barn

Walter D. Edmonds. Syracuse University Press, $19.95 (270pp) ISBN 978-0-8156-0255-2

In this 1975 National Book Award winner, Newbery Medalist Edmonds ( The Matchlock Gun ) tells how a boy growing up at the turn of the century, intrigued by a deserted barn and rumors of treasure therein, goes about solving its mystery. Ages 10-up. (July)