T hayer Academy Middle School Independent Reading Newbery Award Winners 2000-2017 The pages that follow include every winner and honor book for the prestigious Newbery Medal since 2000. Many of the titles are more appropriate for younger middle school students, though there are also many that should prove appropriate for most of our students. Those titles that are for children younger than those in middle school have been omitted. This document is structured for casual browsing; there’s something for everyone, and simply looking around will help you stumble across a high quality book. “The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, ​ ​ a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.” 2 017 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan ​ ● The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz ​ ● Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk ​ 2 016 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - (Picture Book; School Library Journal Review, via Amazon: Gr ​ K-2) Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ​ ● Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson ​ ● Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan ​ 2 015 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● The Crossover by Kwame Alexander ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● El Deafo by Cece Bell ​ ● Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson ​ 2 014 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Doll Bones by Holly Black ​ ● The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes - (School Library Journal Review, via Amazon: Gr 1-3) ​ ● One Came Home by Amy Timberlake ​ ● Paperboy by Vince Vawter ​ 2 013 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz ​ ● Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin ​ ● Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage ​ 2 012 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos ​ Back to Top 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai ​ ● Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin ​ 2 011 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm ​ ● Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus ​ ● Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman ​ ● One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia ​ 2 010 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose ​ ● The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly ​ ● Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin ​ ● The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick ​ 2 009 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● The Underneath by Kathi Appelt ​ ● The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle ​ ● Savvy by Ingrid Law ​ ● After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson ​ 2 008 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis ​ ● The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt ​ ● Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson ​ 2 007 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm ​ ● Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson ​ Back to Top 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Rules by Cynthia Lord ​ 2 006 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Whittington by Alan Armstrong ​ ● Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti ​ ● Princess Academy by Shannon Hale ​ ● Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson - Amazon Product Details: “Age Range: 4 - 8; Grade Level: Preschool - 3” ​ ​ ​ 2 005 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko ​ ● The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman ​ ● Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt ​ 2 004 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate ​ DiCamillo Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes ​ ● An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy ​ 2 003 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer ​ ● Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff ​ ● Hoot by Carl Hiaasen ​ ● A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin ​ ● Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan ​ 2 002 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath ​ ● Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson ​ Back to Top 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2 001 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer ​ ● Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo ​ ● Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos ​ ● The Wanderer by Sharon Creech ​ 2 000 Newbery Medal Winner: ​ ● Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis ​ Newbery Medal Honor Books: ​ ● Getting Near to Baby by by Audrey Couloumbis ​ ● Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm ​ ● 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola - Picture Book (6+) ​ Back to Top 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ T he Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill ​ ● Newbery Medal Winner, 2017 ​ ​ ● Amazon Link ● School Library Journal Review, via Amazon: Gr 4-6 ● Common Sense Media Link ● ● Synopsis, via Amazon.com: ​ “Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge--with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth’s surface. And the woman with the Tiger’s heart is on the prowl . .” F reedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley ​ Bryan ● Newbery Medal Honor Book, 2017 ● Amazon Link ● School Library Journal Review, via Amazon: Gr 4-6 ● Common Sense Media Link ● ● Synopsis, via Amazon.com: ​ “Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away. Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as…a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. In his gentle yet deeply powerful way, Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN’T be bought or sold—dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his “workers”, Bryan has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through fierce paintings and expansive poetry he imagines and interprets each person’s life on the plantation, as well as the life their owner knew nothing about—their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth far more than an Overseer or Madam ever would guess. Visually epic, and never before done, this stunning picture book is unlike anything you’ve seen.” Back to Top 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ T he Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz ​ ● Newbery Medal Honor Book, 2016 ● Amazon Link ● School Library Journal Review, via Amazon: Gr 5-10 ● Common Sense Media Link ● ● Synopsis, via Amazon.com: ​ “1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned, their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, where all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints.