Newbery Medal-Winning Novels

Explore the best Newbery Medal-winning novels for all ages! Discover timeless classics and modern masterpieces that have earned this prestigious children's literature award.

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The Higher Power of Lucky

by Susan Patron

Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing …
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Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata

Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. When their family moves from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of …
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Crispin

 

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A Single Shard

by Linda Sue Park

Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village and longs to learn how to create the delicate ceramics …
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A Year Down Yonder

by Richard Peck

A Newbery Medal Winner Richard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town …
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Bud, Not Buddy

 

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Holes

 

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The View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of the beloved classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes four jewel-like short stories—one for each …
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The Giver

by Lois Lowry

In a future society, young Jonas is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, and discovers the terrible truth about the society in …
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Maniac Magee

 

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Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous and resourceful as she helps shelter her Jewish friend from …
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Dear Mr. Henshaw

by Beverly Cleary

Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, …
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Jacob Have I Loved

by Katherine Paterson

Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline …
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The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)

by Ellen Raskin

A Newbery Medal Winner "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather …
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Bridge to Terabithia (rack)

by Katherine Paterson

Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' …
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

by Robert C. O'Brien

Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. …
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Sounder

by William H. Armstrong

The Powerful Newbery Award-Winning Classic A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces …
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A Wrinkle in Time

 

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by …
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Amos Fortune, Free Man

by Elizabeth Yates

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was …
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The Trumpeter of Krakow

by Eric P. Kelly

A tale of Poland, which describes the danger and excitement of life in the 15th century. Grades 7-9.
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