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.

Showing 41 - 47 of 47  There are a total of 90 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "The view from Saturday"
Star rating for The view from Saturday
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
Book cover for "Walk two moons"
Star rating for Walk two moons
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Book cover for "The Westing game"
Star rating for The Westing game
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Book cover for "When you reach me"
Star rating for When you reach me
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space. In the 1980s, as her mother prepares to be a contestant on a television game show, Miranda tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that...
Book cover for "The witch of Blackbird Pond"
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Average Rating:
3.1 stars
Description:
Now an orphan, Kit Tyler travels from Barbados, where she grew up, to live with her strict Puritan uncle in Connecticut.
Book cover for "A wrinkle in time"
Star rating for A wrinkle in time
Series:
Time quintet volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Book cover for "A year down yonder"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities. During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of...