Newbery Medal Winners

"The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Whether as an adult or a young reader, these are literature classics to immerse yourself." -Bookwormomaha.com Consistently updated list of Newbery Medal Winners.

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Book cover for "The high king"
Star rating for The high king
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In this final part of the chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and evil meet in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero.
Book cover for "Hitty"
Star rating for Hitty
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Hitty, a doll carved from mountain ash in the nineteenth century writes the story of her eventful life from the security of an antique-shop window. Her career, begun in a quiet Maine village, is crowded with adventures, and she gives lively doll's-eye glimpses of the widely differing places and people that she encounters during her hundred years, and of the manners and modes of her times.
Book cover for "M.C. Higgins, the great"
Star rating for M.C. Higgins, the great
Average Rating:
3 stars
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As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love. As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.
Book cover for "Onion John"
Star rating for Onion John
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
The friendship between Andy and the elderly Onion John, an immigrant handyman, becomes strained when Andy's father tries to change the old man's ways. His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes a conflict between Andy and his father.
Book cover for "Roller skates"
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Average Rating:
2 stars
Description:
The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's.
Book cover for "Secret of the Andes"
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Average Rating:
2.7 stars
Description:
An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors.
Book cover for "The white stag"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Retells the legendary story of the Huns' and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.