The Newbery Medal, one of the most distinguished awards in children's literature, honors outstanding writing published in the U.S. during the previous year. The American Library Association administers this annual award which is named for the eighteenth-century Englishman, John Newbery, who was the first publisher and seller of children's books.
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Year
Book Title
Author
On
Accelerated Reader
at Forreston Grade School
AR
Book
Level
AR
Points
2010
When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead
YES
4.5
6.0
2009
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
YES
5.1
10.0
2008
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
Laura Amy Schlitz
YES
5.6
2.0
2007
The Higher Power of Lucky
Susan Patron
YES
5.9
5.0
2006
Criss Cross
Lynn Rae Perkins
YES
5.5
7.0
2005
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata
YES
4.7
7.0
2004
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo
YES
4.7
5.0
2003
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi
YES
5.0
7.0
2002
A Single Shard Linda Sue Park
YES
6.6
6.0
2001
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
YES
4.5
4.0
2000
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
YES
5.0
8.0
1999
Holes Louis Sachar
YES
4.6
7.0
1998
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
YES
5.3
3.0
1997
The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg
YES
5.9
7.0
1996
The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman
YES
6.0
3.0
1995
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
YES
4.9
9.0
1994
The Giver Lois Lowry
YES
5.7
7.0
1993
Missing May Cynthia Rylant
YES
5.3
3.0
1992
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
YES
4.4
4.0
1991
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
YES
4.7
5.0
1990
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
YES
4.5
4.0
1989
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman
NO
1988
Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman
YES
7.7
5.0
1987
The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman
YES
3.9
2.0
1986
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
YES
3.4
1.0
1985
The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley
YES
7.0
15.0
1984
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary
YES
4.9
3.0
1983
Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt
YES
5.0
11.0
1982
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Nancy Willard
YES
4.5
0.5
1981
Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Patterson
YES
5.7
8.0
1980
A Gathering of Days Joan W. Blos
YES
6.7
5.0
1979
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin
YES
5.3
8.0
1978
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
YES
4.6
5.0
1977
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
YES
5.7
10.0
1976
The Grey King Susan Cooper
YES
6.2
9.0
1975
M. C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton
YES
4.4
10.0
1974
The Slave Dancer Paula Fox
YES
6.0
6.0
1973
Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George
YES
5.8
6.0
1972
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien
YES
5.1
8.0
1971
The Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars
YES
4.0
3.0
1970
Sounder William H. Armstrong
YES
5.3
3.0
1969
The High King Lloyd Alexander
YES
6.1
11.0
1968
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg
YES
4.7
5.0
1967
Up a Road Slowly Irene Hunt
YES
6.6
8.0
1966
I, Juan de Paraja Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
YES
6.5
7.0
1965
Shadow of a Bull Mia Wojciechowska
YES
5.2
5.0
1964
It's Like This, Cat Emily Cheney Neville
YES
4.7
5.0
1963
A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L'Engle
YES
4.7
7.0
1962
The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare
YES
5.0
10.0
1961
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
YES
5.4
6.0
1960
Onion John Joseph Krumgold
YES
4.5
8.0
1959
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare
YES
5.7
9.0
1958
Rifles for Watie Harold Keith
YES
6.1
14.0
1957
Miracles on Maple Hill Virginia Sorensen
YES
4.9
7.0
1956
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham
YES
4.1
8.0
1955
The Wheel on the School Meindert DeJong
YES
4.7
10.0
1954
...And Now Miguel Joseph Krumgold
YES
4.8
8.0
1953
Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark
YES
4.7
5.0
1952
Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes
YES
6.0
9.0
1951
Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates
YES
6.5
5.0
1950
The Door in the Wall: Story of Medieval London Marguerite de Angeli
YES
6.2
4.0
1949
Kind of the Wind Marguerite Henry
YES
5.4
5.0
1948
The Twenty-One Balloons William Péne du Bois
YES
6.8
6.0
1947
Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
YES
5.9
4.0
1946
Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski
YES
4.8
6.0
1945
Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson
YES
6.4
3.0
1944
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
YES
5.9
13.0
1943
Adam of the Road Elizabeth Janet Gray
YES
6.5
9.0
1942
The Matchlock Gun Walter D. Edmonds
YES
5.1
1.0
1941
Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry
YES
6.2
3.0
1940
Daniel Boone James Daugherty
YES
7.7
4.0
1939
Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright
YES
5.7
5.0
1938
The White Stag Kate Seredy
YES
6.6
2.0
1937
Roller Skates Ruth Sawyer
YES
6.3
8.0
1936
Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink
YES
6.0
8.0
1935
Dobry Monica Shannon
YES
5.6
6.0
1934
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women Cornelia L. Meigs
YES
8.0
10.0
1933
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
YES
6.4
10.0
1932
Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer
YES
5.6
8.0
1931
The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth
YES
5.9
2.0
1930
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Rachel Field
YES
7.1
11.0
1929
The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric P. Kelly
YES
7.1
10.0
1928
Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon Dhan Gopal Mukerji
YES
6.5
6.0
1927
Smoky, the Cowhorse Will James
YES
6.5
13.0
1926
Shen of the Sea Arthur Bowie Chrisman
YES
5.4
6.0
1925
Tales from Silver Lands Charles Joseph Finger
YES
6.2
10.0
1924
The Dark Frigate Charles Boardman Hawes
YES
6.7
12.0
1923
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting
YES
5.7
11.0
1922
The Story of Mankind Henrik Willem Van Loon
NO

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