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Francis Kalnay, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1899, was an author of children's books such as Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa (which was the recipient of a Newbery Honor Medal) and It Happens in Chichipica. He immigrated to the United States in 1919 and resided in Carmel, California where he had an established career as a journalist, actor, and author of children's books.

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Eleanore M. Jewett was American author born in New York City in 1890. She attended Columbia University as a comparative literature major and showed great interest in the medieval time period. Her book The Hidden Treasure of Glaston was awarded the Newbery Honor Medal in 1947.

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Hildegarde Swift, born in 1890, was a published children's book author. One of her books, Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer was the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal.

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Ingrid Law, born May 1st,1970, is a New York Times bestselling author. In 2009 her children's fantasy novel Savvy was awarded a Newbery Honor medal.

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The Loner is a 1963 adolescent novel by author Ester Wier. The Loner was a recipient of the Newbery Medalin 1964.

Plot
A young orphan boy, whose name, age, and background are unknown in the beginning of the book, is struggling to make ends meet for himself. He bounces from family to family in order to survive and picks crops, but makes no profit because the families he stays with take the money that he makes in exchange for food. The was an instance when he made a friend, Raidy. Raidy tries to help him out along with her father and, for the very first time, the boy had someone recognize him as a friend. Unfortunately that friendship is short-lived when Raidy is sucked into a machine and killed accidentally just as she was about to give him a nickname to be addressed by since he didn't have the name. One fateful day, distraught over his only friends' death, the boy laid on the ground in Montana where a woman named "Boss" and her dog Jupiter find the boy and she take him in to her home to care for him.Boss's camp tender, Tex explains to the boy how her son, Ben, was mauled by a bear and that Boss spent most of her time trying to hunt the bear that killed him. The would would help Boss count sheep and she gave him a name, David. Angie, Ben's widow, brought David clothing and gave him a hair cut. She would also teach him how to write and read. Throughout the story there is a pattern with each person that the boy meets who expresses interest in helping him. He is often skeptical of people's intentions and feels like he's only a start that's in the way of their lives. He grows from a loner to someone who welcomes love into his life and learns how to handle the responsibility of caring Boss's sheep and accepts the help that he deserves after all of his hardships.

Main Characters

 * David-- Protagonist
 * Boss-- Takes the boy in, feeds him and names him. Loses her son Ben after he is killed by a bear.
 * Tex-- Camp tender. Helps David and boss around the camp.
 * Angie-- Ben's widow. Teaches David how to write his name and provides him with some of Ben's' clothing.
 * Raidy-- David's first friend. Killed accidentally after being sucked into a machine.

Critical Reception
Kirkus Reviews expressed that "Young boys who yearn for independence, should find the boy's unique life intriguing".

Awards
Newbery Medal in 1964.