num_pages: 48
description: This book tells the story of "a boy and his hundred-year-old great-great-aunt in . . . a quietly intense story, illustrated with sepia pictures that make dramatic use of chiarosciro" (The Horn Book). Newbery Honor Book.
language: English
title: The Hundred Penny Box
titlecomplete: The Hundred Penny Box (Puffin Newbery Library)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, African American, Family, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Chapter Books, Picture Books, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 1354
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Puffin Books