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Newbery Medal and Honor Books to 1960
Best children's books chosen by the American Library Association.
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2009
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The Graveyard Book by Gaiman, Neil
Honor Books
The Underneath by Appelt, Kathi
The Surrender Tree : Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Engle, Margarita
Savvy by Law, Ingrid
After Tupac & D Foster by Woodson, Jacqueline
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2008
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! : Voices from a Medieval Village by Schlitz, Laura Amy
Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton by Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Wednesday Wars by Schmidt, Gary D.
Feathers by Woodson, Jacqueline
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2007
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The Higher Power of Lucky by Patron, Susan
Honor Books
Penny from Heaven by Holm, Jennifer L.
Hattie Big Sky by Larson, Kirby
Rules by Lord, Cynthia
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2006
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Criss Cross by Perkins, Lynne Rae
Honor Books
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Princess Academy by Hale, Shannon
Show Way by Woodson, Jacqueline
Whittington by Armstrong, Alan W.
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2005
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Kira-Kira by Kadohata, Cynthia
Honor Books
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Schmidt, Gary D.
The Voice That Challenged a Nation by Freedman, Russell
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Choldenko, Gennifer
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2004
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The Tale of Despereaux by DiCamillo, Kate
Honor Books
An American Plague by Murphy, Jim
Olive's Ocean by Henkes, Kevin
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2003
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
Honor Books
A Corner of the Universe by Martin, Ann M.
Hoot by Hiaasen, Carl
The House of the Scorpion by Farmer, Nancy
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Giff, Patricia Reilly
Surviving the Applewhites by Tolan, Stephanie S.
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2002
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A Single Shard by Park, Linda Sue
Honor Books
Carver: A Life in Poems by Nelson, Marilyn
Everything On a Waffle by Horvath, Polly
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2001
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A Year Down Yonder by Peck, Richard
Honor Books
Because of Winn-Dixie by DiCamillo, Kate
Hope Was Here by Bauer, Joan
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Gantos, Jack
The Wanderer by Creech, Sharon
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2000
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Bud Not Buddy by Curtis, Christopher Paul
Honor Books
26 Fairmount Avenue by De Paola, Tomie
Getting Near to Baby by Couloumbis, Audrey
Our Only May Amelia by Holm, Jennifer L.
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1999 top of page
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Holes by Sachar, Louis
Honor Books
A Long Way from Chicago by Peck, Richard
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1998
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Out of the Dust by Hesse, Karen
Honor Books
Ella Enchanted by Levine, Gail Carson
Lily's Crossing by Giff, Patricia Reilly
Wringer by Spinelli, Jerry
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1997
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The View from Saturday by Konigsburg, E. L.
Honor Books
Belle Prater's Boy by White, Ruth
A Girl Named Disaster by Farmer, Nancy
The Moorchild by McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
The Thief by Turner, Megan Whalen
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1996
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The Midwife's Apprentice by Cushman, Karen
Honor Books
The Great Fire by Murphy, Jim
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Curtis, Christopher Paul
What Jamie Saw by Coman, Carolyn
Yolonda's Genius by Fenner, Carol
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1995
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Walk Two Moons by Creech, Sharon
Honor Books
Catherine, Called Birdy by Cushman, Karen
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Farmer, Nancy
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1994
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The Giver by Lowry, Lois
Honor Books
Crazy Lady! by Conly, Jane Leslie
Dragon's Gate by Yep, Laurence
Eleanor Roosevelt by Freedman, Russell
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1993
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Missing May by Rylant, Cynthia
Honor Books
The Dark-Thirty : Southern Tales of the Supernatural by McKissack, Pat
Somewhere in the Darkness by Myers, Walter Dean
What Hearts by Brooks, Bruce
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1992
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Shiloh by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Honor Books
Nothing but the Truth by Avi
The Wright Brothers : How They Invented the Airplane by Freedman, Russell
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1991
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Maniac Magee by Spinelli, Jerry
Honor Books
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
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1990
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Number the Stars by Lowry, Lois
Honor Books
Afternoon of the Elves by Lisle, Janet Taylor
Shabanu : Daughter of the Wind by Staples, Suzanne Fisher
The Winter Room by Paulsen, Gary
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1989 top of page
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Fleischman, Paul
Honor Books
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Hamilton, Virginia
Scorpions by Myers, Walter Dean
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1988
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Lincoln: A Photobiography by Freedman, Russell
Honor Books
After the Rain by Mazer, Norma Fox
Hatchet by Paulsen, Gary
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1987
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The Whipping Boy by Fleischman, Sid
Honor Books
A Fine White Dust by Rylant, Cynthia
On My Honor by Bauer, Marion Dane
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1986
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Sarah Plain and Tall by MacLachlan, Patricia
Honor Books
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Blumberg, Rhoda
Dogsong by Paulsen, Gary
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1985
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The Hero and the Crown by McKinley, Robin
Honor Books
Like Jake and Me by Jukes, Mavis
The Moves Make the Man by Brooks, Bruce
One-Eyed Cat by Fox, Paula
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1984
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Dear Mr. Henshaw by Cleary, Beverly
Honor Books
The Sign of the Beaver by Speare, Elizabeth George
A Solitary Blue by Voigt, Cynthia
Sugaring Time by Lasky, Kathryn
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Brittain, Bill
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1983
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Dicey's Song by Voigt, Cynthia
Honor Books
The Blue Sword by McKinley, Robin
Doctor De Soto by Steig, William
Graven Images: Three Stories by Fleischman, Paul
Homesick My Own Story by Fritz, Jean
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Hamilton, Virginia
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1982
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A Visit to William Blake's Inn : Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Willard, Nancy
Honor Books
Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Cleary, Beverly
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Siegal, Aranka
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1981
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Jacob Have I Loved by Paterson, Katherine
Honor Books
The Fledgling by Langton, Jane
A Ring of Endless Light by L'Engle, Madeleine
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1980
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A Gathering of Days by Blos, Joan W.
Honor Books
The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by Kherdian, David
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1979 top of page
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The Westing Game by Raskin, Ellen
Honor Books
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Paterson, Katherine
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1978
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Bridge to Terabithia by Paterson, Katherine
Honor Books
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Highwater, Jamake
Ramona and her Father by Cleary, Beverly
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1977
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Taylor, Mildred D.
Honor Books
Abel's Island by Steig, William
A String in the Harp by Bond, Nancy
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1976
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The Grey King by Cooper, Susan
Honor Books
Dragonwings by Yep, Laurence
The Hundred Penny Box by Mathis, Sharon Bell
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1975
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M.C. Higgins the Great by Hamilton, Virginia
Honor Books
Figgs & Phantoms by Raskin, Ellen
My Brother Sam is Dead by Collier, James Lincoln
The Perilous Gard by Pope, Elizabeth Marie
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. by Greene, Bette
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1974
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The Slave Dancer by Fox, Paula
Honor Books
The Dark is Rising by Cooper, Susan
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1973
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Julie of the Wolves by George, Jean Craighead
Honor Books
Frog and Toad Together by Lobel, Arnold
The Upstairs Room by Reiss, Johanna
The Witches of Worm by Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
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1972
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by O'Brien, Robert C.
Honor Books
Annie and the Old One by Miles, Miska
The Headless Cupid by Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Incident at Hawk's Hill by Eckert, Allan W.
The Planet of Junior Brown by Hamilton, Virginia
The Tombs of Atuan by Le Guin, Ursula K.
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1971
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The Summer of the Swans by Byars, Betsy Cromer
Honor Books
Enchantress from the Stars by Engdahl, Sylvia Louise
Kneeknock Rise by Babbitt, Natalie
Sing Down the Moon by O'Dell, Scott
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1970
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Sounder by Armstrong, William Howard
Honor Books
Our Eddie by Ish-Kishor, Sulamith
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1969 top of page
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The High King by Alexander, Lloyd
Honor Books
To Be a Slave by Lester, Julius
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1968
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Konigsburg, E. L.
Honor Books
The Black Pearl by O'Dell, Scott
The Egypt Game by Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Jennifer Hecate Macbeth William McKinley and Me Elizabeth by Konigsburg, E. L.
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1967
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Up a Road Slowly by Hunt, Irene
Honor Books
The King's Fifth by O'Dell, Scott,
Zlateh the Goat and other Stories by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
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1966
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I Juan De Pareja by Trevi~no, Elizabeth Borton de
Honor Books
The Black Cauldron by Alexander, Lloyd
The Noonday Friends by Stolz, Mary
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1965
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Shadow of a Bull by Wojciechowska, Maia
Honor Books
Across Five Aprils by Hunt, Irene
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1964
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It's Like This Cat by Neville, Emily Cheney
Honor Books
Rascal by North, Sterling
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1963
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A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle, Madeleine
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1962
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The Bronze Bow by Speare, Elizabeth George
Honor Books
Belling the Tiger by Stolz, Mary
Frontier Living by Tunis, Edwin
The Golden Goblet by McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
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1961
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Island of the Blue Dolphins by O'Dell, Scott
Honor Books
The Cricket in Times Square by Selden, George
Old Ramon by Schaefer, Jack
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1960
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Onion John by Krumgold, Joseph
Honor Books
My Side of the Mountain by George, Jean Craighead
The Gammage Cup by Kendall, Carol
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