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 61 - 80 of 90  There are a total of 90 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Roll of thunder, hear my cry"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
An African-American family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
Book cover for "Roller skates"
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2 stars
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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 "Sarah, plain and tall"
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3.6 stars
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When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
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2.7 stars
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An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors.
Book cover for "Shadow of a bull"
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Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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Manolo Olivar has to make a decision: to follow in his famous father's shadow and become a bullfighter, or to follow his heart and become a doctor.
Book cover for "Shen of the sea"
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1 stars
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Sixteen original stories reflecting the spirit of Chinese life and thought.

67. Shiloh

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Shiloh quartet volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Book cover for "A single shard"
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3.5 stars
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Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Book cover for "The slave dancer"
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3 stars
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Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.
Book cover for "Smoky, the cowhorse"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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The experiences of a mouse-colored horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

71. Sounder

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2.7 stars
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A young African-American boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope. Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with...
Book cover for "The story of mankind"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Originally written in 1921 for the author's grandchildren, Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind has charmed generations with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Rather than the dry recitation of events so common in school textbooks, van Loon's witty, amiable tone animates the story of human history as a grand and perpetually unfolding adventure. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, van...
Book cover for "Strawberry girl"
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3.1 stars
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Birdie Boyer and her hard-working family raise strawberries in Florida, but have to face the dislike of their neighbors.
Book cover for "The summer of the swans"
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3 stars
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A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost. A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.
Book cover for "The tale of Despereaux"
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4.2 stars
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The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Book cover for "Thimble summer"
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Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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A few hours after Garnet Linden found a silver thimble in the dried-up river bed, the rains came to end the long drought on the Wisconsin farm.
Book cover for "The trumpeter of Krakow"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father.
Book cover for "The twenty-one balloons"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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Tells what happens to a bored old mathematician when he takes a trip across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
Book cover for "The view from Saturday"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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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 "A visit to William Blake's inn"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn.