Juvenile Award Winners: Newbery

Description

Awarded annually to the most exceptional children's literature book penned by an American author, the Newbery Medal derives its name from the "Father of Children's Literature," eighteenth-century book publisher John Newbery. "Honor" books are those books that are runners-up to the winner. For more information about the history of the Newberry medal, committee members, and submission process, visit the ALSC Newbery Home Page

Titles

Year Title Author Honor / Winner
2024 The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers Winner
2024 The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams Daniel Nayeri Honor
2024 Simon Sort of Says Erin Bow Honor
2024 Mexikid Pedro Martín Honor
2024 Elf Dog and Owl Head M. T. Anderson Honor
2024 Eagle Drums Nasug̊raq Rainey Hopson Honor
2023 Freewater Amina Luqman-Dawson Winner
2023 Iveliz Explains It All Andrea Beatriz Arango Honor
2023 The Last Mapmaker Christina Soontornvat Honor
2023 Maizy Chen’s Last Chance Lisa Yee Honor
2022 The Last Cuentista Donna Barba Higuera Winner
2022 Red, White, and Whole Rajani LaRocca Honor
2022 A Snake Falls to Earth Darcie Little Badger Honor
2022 Too Bright to See Kyle Lukoff Honor
2022 Watercress Andrea Wang Honor
2021 When You Trap a Tiger Tae Keller Winner
2021 All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team Christina Soontornvat Honor
2021 BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Carole Boston Weatherford Honor
2021 Fighting Words Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Honor
2021 We Dream of Space Erin Entrada Kelly Honor
2021 A Wish in the Dark Christina Soontornvat Honor

2020

New Kid

Jerry Craft

Winner

2020

The Undefeated

Kwame Alexander

Honor

2020

Scary Stories for Young Foxes

Christian McKay Heidicker

Honor

2020

Other Words for Home

Jasmine Warga

Honor

2020

Genesis Begins Again

Alicia D. Williams

Honor

2019

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

Meg Medina

Winner

2019

The Night Diary

Veera Hiranandani

Honor

2019

The Book of Boy

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Honor

2018

Hello, Universe

Erin Entrada Kelly

Winner

2018

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Derrick Barnes

Honor

2018

Long Way Down

Jason Reynolds

Honor

2018

Piecing Me Together

Renée Watson

Honor

2017

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill

Winner

2017

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

Ashley Bryan

Honor

2017

The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz

Honor

2017

Wolf Hollow

Lauren Wolk

Honor

2016

Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña

Winner

2016

The War that Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Honor

2016

Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson

Honor

2016

Echo: a novel

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Honor

2015

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

Winner

2015

El Deafo

Cece Bell

Honor

2015

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Honor

2014

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Kate DiCamillo

Winner

2014

Doll Bones

Holly Black

Honor

2014

The Year of Billy Miller

Kevin Henkes

Honor

2014

One Came Home

Amy Timberlake

Honor

2014

Paperboy

Vince Vawter

Honor

2013

The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate

Winner

2013

Splendors and Glooms

Laura Amy Schlitz

Honor

2013

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

Honor

2013

Three Times Lucky 

Sheila Turnage

Honor

2012

Dead End in Norvelt

Jack Gantos

Winner

2012

Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhha Lai

Honor

2012

Breaking Stalin's Nose

Eugene Yelchin

Honor

2011

Moon over Manifest

Clare Vanderpool

Winner

2011

Turtle in Paradise

Jennifer L. Holm

Honor

2011

Heart of a Samurai: based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama

Margi Preus

Honor

2011

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night

Joyce Sidman

Honor

2011

One Crazy Summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

Honor

2010

When You Reach Me 

Rebecca Stead

Winner

2010

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

Honor

2010

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly

Honor

2010

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

Honor

2010

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg 

Rodman Philbrick

Honor

2009

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Winner

2009

The Underneath

Kathi Appelt

Honor

2009

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Margarita Engle

Honor

2009

Savvy

Ingrid Law

Honor

2009

After Tupac & D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson

Honor

2008

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Laura Amy Schlitz

Winner

2008

Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul Curtis

Honor

2008

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt

Honor

2008

Feathers

Jacqueline Woodson

Honor

2007

The Higher Power of Lucky 

Susan Patron

Winner

2007

Penny from Heaven

Jennifer L. Holm

Honor

2007

Hattie Big Sky

Kirby Larson

Honor

2007

Rules

Cynthia Lord

Honor

2006

Criss Cross

Lynne Rae Perkins

Winner

2006

Whittington

Alan Armstrong

Honor

2006

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Honor

2006

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

Honor

2006

Show Way

Jacqueline Woodson

Honor

2005

Kira-Kira

Cynthia Kadohata

Winner

2005

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Gennifer Choldenko

Honor

2005

The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

Russell Freedman

Honor

2005

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Gary D. Schmidt

Honor

2004

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Kate DiCamillo

Winner

2004

Olive's Ocean

Kevin Henkes

Honor

2004

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Jim Murphy

Honor

2003

Crispin: The Cross of Lead 

Avi

Winner

2003

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer

Honor

2003

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff

Honor

2003

Hoot

Carl Hiaasen

Honor

2003

A Corner of The Universe

Ann M. Martin

Honor

2003

Surviving the Applewhites 

Stephanie S. Tolan

Honor

2002

A Single Shard

Linda Sue Park

Winner

2002

Everything on a Waffle

Polly Horvath

Honor

2002

Carver: A Life In Poems

Marilyn Nelson

Honor

2001

A Year Down Yonder

Richard Peck

Winner

2001

Hope Was Here

Joan Bauer

Honor

2001

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Honor

2001

Joey Pigza Loses Control

Jack Gantos

Honor

2001

The Wanderer

Sharon Creech

Honor

2000

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Winner

2000

Getting Near to Baby

Audrey Couloumbis

Honor

2000

Our Only May Amelia

Jennifer L. Holm

Honor

2000

26 Fairmount Avenue

Tomie dePaola

Honor

 

For award winners prior to the year 2000, please see the list below. 

Newbery Medal

Additional Links

top