Awards: Newbery Medal / Honor

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

TITLE & AUTHOR

Across Five Aprils

HUNT, I

The unforgettable story of young Jethro Creighton, who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.

After The Rain*

The story of two dynamic individuals who come to love and respect each other - one clinging to his final days, the other poised on the threshold of womanhood.

Banner In The Sky*

Rudi chooses to save an enemy's life rather than fulfill his dream of being the first to climb the Citadel.

Belle Prater's Boy*

When Belle Prater disappears, her son Woodrow comes to live in Coal Station, Virginia - next door to his cousin Gypsy. The two cousins become best friends and together they are able to face and transcend tragedy.

Black Pearl*

Finding the Pearl of Heaven earns Ramon the hatred of both his people and the notorious devilfish.

Bud, Not Buddy*

When his mother dies in 1936, Bud hits the road, convinced that his mother's posters of a jazz band would lead him to the father he has never met.

Catherine, Called Birdie

A young girl's hilarious account of her 14^th year against a background of everyday life on a medieval English manor in the year 1290.

Dicey's Song*

VOIGT, C

A heartwarming novel of the young Tillerman family, led by eldest sister Dicey.

Dogsong*

Russel Suskitt, who is an Eskimo, takes a dog team and sled to escape the modern ways of the village.

Giver

Jonas is given a huge task by the Elders of the Committee - to be responsible for receiving and keeping all memories of the past.

Hatchet*

Compelling and realistic story of a young boy's survival in the Canadian wilderness.

Holes*

Stanley Yelnats isn't surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a juvenile detention center. Subjected to hard labor digging huge holes, Stanley befriends a fellow inmate and begins to unravel the mystery surrounding his family's curse.

Island Of The Blue Dolphins*

Haunting story of a Native American girl who spent eighteen years alone on a rocky island far off the coast of California in the early 1800's.

Jacob Have I Loved*

A twin, overshadowed by her talented and charismatic sister, is tormented by hate and jealousy.

Johnny Tremain

This book follows a young apprentice from a tragic accident in the silversmith's shop to his dramatic involvement as a patriot in the exciting days before the Revolution.

Long Way From Chicago*

Joey and his sister Mary Alice, two city slickers from Chicago, make their annual summer trip to Grandma Dowdel's rural Illinois town. Each trip - seven in all - is funnier than the one before.

Midwife's Apprentice*

This is the story of a spirited young woman in Medieval England. Homeless, nameless and alone, she persuades the village midwife to take her in.

Moves Make The Man

A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship. Fast action on and off the basketball court.

My Brother Sam Is Dead*

A Newbery Medal / Honor Book about the American Revolution, which does not glorify war, and raises all the necessary questions about the effectiveness of violence.

Nothing But The Truth

A young high school student is suspended for humming "The Star Spangled Banner" during homeroom and finds himself the focus of a national news story.

Out Of The Dust

As dust storms and the Great Depression ravage Oklahoma, Billie Jo comes of age within the landscape of failing farms, personal tragedy, and family relationships that are badly in need of repair.

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry*

Unforgettable book of black pride and black heritage. Cassie Logan, daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper, is determined to maintain her dignity through a turbulent year.

Scorpions*

Jamal knows that being the leader of the Scorpions is a bad idea, but he wants to anyway. It's only Tito who knows the real Jamal; it is Tito who steps in when Jamal's life is threatened.

Shabanu: Daughter Of The Wind*

The second daughter of a Pakistani family, Shabanu has been brought up with more freedom than most Muslim girls. Should she listen to the stirrings of her own heart when her family insists on an arranged marriage?

Sing Down The Moon*

15-year-old Bright Morning tells the story of the forced migration of the Navajos from their homeland.

Slave Dancer

Graphic tale of Jessie, who was kidnapped from New Orleans by sailors from a slave ship and forced to play his fife so the slaves could dance to keep their muscles strong.

Somewhere In The Darkness

A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be an often painful, time of discovery for them both. He learns that although some things can't be fixed, they can be understood - and forgiven.

Sounder*

This extraordinary, moving story tells about a black family of sharecroppers saved from a posse by their loyal coon dog.

To Be A Slave

Eloquent personal testimony of the men and women who lived through slavery in the USA.

True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle

Set in 1832, this is the compelling story of a young girl's sailing trip from England to Providence, Rhode Island.

View From Saturday*

This is a tale about a team, a class, a school, and a series of contests. Set in the midst of this, four short stories that ask important questions about life with surprising answers…

Walk Two Moons

Salamanca travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. A richly layered novel that is funny, mysterious and touching.

Wanderer

An intimate journey of self-discovery unfolds when Sophie joins her three uncles and two male cousins on a transatlantic sailing trip to visit the uncles' father, her adopted grandfather, in England.

Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963

An engaging novel of a middle-class black family's trip from Flint, Michigan, to Birmingham, Alabama, in the tumultuous days of the Civil Rights movement.

Westing Game*

RASKIN, E

A wonderfully clever mystery in which only the reader has the clues.

What Jamie Saw

When Jamie saw Van throw his little sister, his mother moved them to a small trailer in the woods where they could learn to trust one another, and the people around them.

Where The Lilies Bloom*

Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together, but when winter comes, she learns that the land where the lilies bloom is also a cruel and unforgiving place, and that it may take more than a promise to keep her family together.

Witch Of Blackbird Pond*

A young girl's rebellion against her Puritan surroundings culminates in a witch-hunt and a trial.

Wringer

Palmer LaRue does not want to be a wringer, one of the boys who breaks the necks of pigeons wounded at the annual pigeon shoot. When his three bullying friends suspect that he is sheltering a stray pigeon, Palmer decides to take a stand against this annual rite of passage.