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Newbery Medal Winners

  • JF Gantos 2012: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
  • JF Vanderpool 2011: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
  • JF Stead 2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 
  • JF/YF Gaiman 2009: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean
  • J 812 Schlitz 2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
  • JF Patron 2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan
  • JF Perkins 2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
  • JF/YF Kadohata 2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
  • JF DiCamillo 2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo 
  • JF/YF Avi 2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
  • JF/YF Park 2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
  • JF/YF Peck 2001: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
  • JF Curtis 2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • JF/YF Sachar 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
  • JF/YF Hesse 1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
  • JF/YF Konigsburg 1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
  • JF Cushman 1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
  • JF/YF Creech 1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
  • JF/YF Lowry 1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • JF Rylant 1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
  • JF Naylor 1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • JF Spinelli 1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
  • JF/YF Lowry 1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  • J 811 Fleischman 1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
  • JB Lincoln 1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
  • JF Fleischman 1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
  • JF MacLachlan 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
  • JF/ Y SF McKinley 1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
  • JF Cleary 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
  • JF/YF Voigt 1983: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
  • J 811 Willard 1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
  • JF Paterson 1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
  • JF Blos 1980: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos
  • JF/YF Raskin 1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
  • JF Paterson 1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
  • JF/YF Taylor 1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
  • JF/Y SF Cooper 1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
  • JF Hamilton 1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
  • JF Fox 1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
  • JF George 1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
  • JF O'Brien 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien 
  • JF Byars 1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
  • JF Armstrong 1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong
  • J/Y SF Alexander 1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
  • JF Konigsburg 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
  • JF Hunt 1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
  • JF Trevino 1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
  • JF Wojciechowska 1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
  • JF Neville 1964: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
  • JF/Y SF L'Engle 1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • JF Speare 1962: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
  • JF O'Dell 1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
  • JF Krumgold 1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
  • JF/YF Speare 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 
  • JF/YF Keith 1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
  • JF Sorensen 1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
  • JF Latham 1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
  • JF DeJong 1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
  • JF Krumgold 1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
  • JF Clark 1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
  • JF Estes 1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
  • JB Fortune 1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
  • JF de Angeli 1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
  • JF Henry 1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
  • JF du Bois 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
  • JF Bailey 1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
  • JF Lenski 1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
  • JF Lawson 1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
  • JF Forbes 1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
  • JF Vining 1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Vining
  • JF Edmonds 1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
  • JF Sperry 1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
  • JB Boone 1940: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
  • JF Enright 1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
  • JF Seredy 1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
  • 1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
  • JF Brink 1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
  • JF Shannon 1935: Dobry by Monica Shannon
  • JF Meigs 1934: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
  • JF Lewis 1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis
  • 1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
  • JF Coatsworth 1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
  • JF Field 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
  • JF Kelly 1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
  • 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji 
  • JF James 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
  • JF Chrisman 1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
  • 398 Finger 1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
  • 1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
  • JF Lofting 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
  • J 909 van Loon 1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

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