The John Newbery Medal
Awarded annually to the author of the most
distinguished
contribution to American literature for children.
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2003
Medal Winner |
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Crispin: The
Cross of Lead
written by Avi |
2003
Honor Books |
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House of
Scorpion
written by Nancy Farmer |
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Pictures of
Hollis Woods
written by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Hoot
written by Carol Hiaasen |
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A Corner of the
Universe
written by Ann M. Martin |
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Surviving the
Applewhites
written by Stephanie S. Tolan |
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Past
Newbery Medal Winners |
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2003 |
CRISPIN:
THE CROSS OF LEAD |
Avi |
2002 |
A SINGLE
SHARD |
Linda Sue
Park |
2001 |
A YEAR
DOWN YONDER |
Richard
Peck |
2000 |
BUD, NOT BUDDY |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
1999 |
HOLES |
Louis Sachar |
1998 |
OUT OF THE DUST |
Karen Hesse |
1997 |
THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY |
E. L. Konigsburg |
1996 |
THE MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE |
Karen Cushman |
1995 |
WALK TWO MOONS |
Sharon Creech |
1994 |
THE GIVER |
Lois Lowry |
1993 |
MISSING MAY |
Cynthia Rylant |
1992 |
SHILOH |
Phyllis R. Naylor |
1991 |
MANIAC MAGEE |
Jerry Spinelli |
1990 |
NUMBER THE STARS |
Lois Lowry |
1989 |
JOYFUL NOISE |
Paul Fleischman |
1988 |
LINCOLN |
Russell Freedman |
1987 |
WHIPPING BOY |
Sid Fleischman |
1986 |
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL |
Patricia MacLachlan |
1985 |
THE HERO AND THE CROWN |
Robin McKinley |
1984 |
DEAR MR. HENSHAW |
Beverly Cleary |
1983 |
DICEY’S SONG |
Cynthia Voigt |
1982 |
A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE’S INN |
Nancy Willard |
1981 |
JACOB HAVE I LOVED |
Katherine Paterson |
1980 |
A GATHERING OF DAYS |
Joan Blos |
1979 |
THE WESTNG GAME |
Ellen
Raskin |
1978 |
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA |
Katherine Paterson |
1977 |
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY |
Mildred Taylor |
1976 |
THE GREY KING |
Susan Cooper |
1975 |
M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT |
Virginia Hamilton |
1974 |
THE SLAVE DANCER |
Paula Fox |
1973 |
JULIE OF THE WOLVES |
Jean C. George |
1972 |
MRS. FRISBY & THE RATS OF NIMH |
Robert C. O’Brien |
1971 |
SUMMER OF THE SWANS |
Betsy Byars |
1970 |
SOUNDER |
William H. Armstrong |
1969 |
THE HIGH KING |
Lloyd
Alexander |
1968 |
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS.BASIL E. FRANKWEILER |
E.L Konigsburg |
1967 |
UP A ROAD SLOWLY |
Irene Hunt |
1966 |
I. JUAN DE PAREJA |
Elizabeth B. de Trevino |
1965 |
SHADOW OF BULL |
Maia
Wojciechowksa |
1964 |
IT’S LIKE THIS, CAT |
Emily C. Neville |
1963 |
A WRINKLE IN TIME |
Madeleine
L’Engle |
1962 |
THE BRONZE BOW |
Elizabeth G. Speare |
1961 |
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS |
Scott
O’Dell |
1960 |
ONION JOHN |
Joseph Krumgold |
1959 |
THE WITCH OF THE BLACKBIRD POND |
Elizabeth
G. Speare |
1958 |
RIFLES FOR WATIE |
Harold Keith |
1957 |
MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL |
Virginia E. Sorenson |
1956 |
CARRY ON, MR. BOWDICTH |
Jean L. Latham |
1955 |
THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL |
Meindert
DeJong |
1954 |
…AND NOW MIGUEL |
Joseph Krumgold |
1953 |
THE SECRETS OF THE ANDES |
Ann N. Clark |
1952 |
GINGER PYE |
Eleanor Estes |
1951 |
AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN |
Elenor Yates |
1950 |
THE DOOR IN THE WALL |
Marguerite De Angeli |
1949 |
KING OF THE WIND |
Marguerite Henry |
1948 |
THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS |
William Pene du Bois |
1947 |
MISS HICKORY |
Carolyn S. Bailey |
1946 |
STRAWBERRY GIRL |
Lois
Lenski |
1945 |
RABBIT HILL |
Robert Lawson |
1944 |
JOHNNY TREMAIN |
Ester Forbes |
1943 |
ADAM OF THE ROAD |
Elizabeth J. Gray |
1942 |
THE MATCHLOCK GUN |
Walter D. Edmonds |
1941 |
CALL IT COURAGE |
Armstrong Sperry |
1940 |
DANIEL BOONE |
James Daugherty |
1939 |
THIMBLE SUMMER |
Elizabeth
Enright |
1938 |
THE WHITE STAG |
Kate Seredy |
1937 |
ROLLER SKATES |
Ruth Sawyer |
1936 |
CADDLE WOODLAWN |
Carol R. Brink |
1935 |
DOBRY |
Monica Shannon |
1934 |
INVINCIBLE LOUISA |
Cornelia Meigs |
1933 |
YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE |
Elizabeth
F. Lewis |
1932 |
WATER LESS MOUNTAIN |
Laura A. Armer |
1931 |
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN |
Elizabeth J.
Coatsworth |
1930 |
HITTY, HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS |
Rachel Field |
1929 |
THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW |
Eric P. Kelly |
1928 |
GAY-NECK, THE STORY OF A PIGEON |
Dhan G. Mukerji |
1927 |
SMOKY, THE COWHORSE |
Will James |
1926 |
SHEN OF THE SEA |
Arthur B. Chrisman |
1925 |
TALES FROM SILVER LANDS |
Charles J. Finger |
1924 |
DARK FRIGATE |
Charles B. Hawes |
1923 |
VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE |
Hugh Lofting |
1922 |
THE STORY OF MANKIND |
Hendrik W. Van Loon |
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