Newbery Medal
E. B. White's Charlotte's Web was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal the year Secret of the Andes won the award. According to a 2008 article by children's literature expert Anita Silvey in the School Library Journal, one member of the Newbery committee stated that she voted for Secret of the Andes rather than Charlotte's Web "because she hadn't seen any good books about South America." Silvey further commented, "The Secret of the Andes is a good book; Charlotte's Web, the best."
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