Newbery Award and Honor Books Newbery Award Winners – Found in our Newbery Section under the Year Won Year Title Author 2018 Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill 2016 Last Stop on Market Street Matt de la Peña 2015 The Crossover: A Basketball Novel Kwame Alexander 2014 Flora & Ulyssess: The Illuminated Adventures Kate DiCamillo 2013 The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate 2012 Dead End in Norvelt Jack Gantos 2011 Moon Over Manifest Clare Vanderpool 2010 When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead 2009 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Laura Amy Schlitz Medieval Village 2007 The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006 Criss Cross Lynne Rae Perkins 2005 Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata 2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Kate DiCamillo Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread 2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi 2002 A Single Shard Linda Sue Park 2001 A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck 2000 Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 Holes Louis Sachar 1998 Out of the Dust Karen Hesse 1997 The View from Saturday E.L. Konigsburg 1996 The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman 1995 Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 1994 The Giver Lois Lowry 1993 Missing May Cynthia Rylant 1992 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 Number the Stars Lois Lowry 1/13/2018 Page 1 Newbery Award and Honor Books 1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman 1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman 1987 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman 1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 1985 The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley 1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary 1983 Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt 1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Nancy Willard Innocent and Experienced Travelers 1981 Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson 1980 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Joan W. Blos Journal, 1830-1832 1979 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 1978 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor 1976 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 M. C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton 1974 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1973 Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George 1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien 1971 Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars 1970 Sounder William H. Armstrong 1969 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. E. L. Konigsburg Frankweiler 1967 Up a Road Slowly Irene Hunt 1966 I, Juan de Pareja Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 1965 Shadow of a Bull Maia Wojciechowska 1964 It's Like This, Cat Emily Neville 1963 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare 1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell 1960 Onion John Joseph Krumgold 1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 Rifles for Watie Harold Keith 1957 Miracles on Maple Hill Virginia Sorensen 1/13/2018 Page 2 Newbery Award and Honor Books 1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham 1955 The Wheel on the School Meindert DeJong 1954 ...And Now Miguel Joseph Krumgold 1953 Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark 1952 Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes 1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates 1950 The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli 1949 King of the Wind Marguerite Henry 1948 The Twenty-One Balloons William Pène du Bois 1947 Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1946 Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski 1945 Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson 1944 Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes 1943 Adam of the Road Elizabeth Janet Gray 1942 The Matchlock Gun Walter Edmonds 1941 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry 1940 Daniel Boone James Daugherty 1939 Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright 1938 The White Stag Kate Seredy 1937 Roller Skates Ruth Sawyer 1936 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 Dobry (may be requested) Monica Shannon 1934 Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Cornelia Meigs Little Women 1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Lewis 1932 Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer 1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth 1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Rachel Field 1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric P. Kelly 1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1927 Smoky, the Cowhorse Will James 1926 Shen of the Sea Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1925 Tales from Silver Lands Charles Finger 1924 The Dark Frigate Charles Hawes 1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1922 The Story of Mankind Hendrik Willem van Loon 1/13/2018 Page 3 Newbery Award and Honor Books Newbery Honor Books Year Title Author Call # 2018 Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Derrick Barnes EASY BAR Long Way Down Jason Reynolds YA REY Piecing Me Together Renée Watson YA WAT 2017 Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Ashley Bryan J 811.54 BRY Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Adam Gidwitz J GID Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk J WOL 2016 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker J BRA Bradley Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson J 741.597 JAM Echo: A Novel Pam Ryan Muñoz YA RYA 2015 El Deafo CeCe Bell J 741.597 BEL Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson J WOO 2014 Doll Bones Holly Black J BLA The Year of Billy Miller Kevin Henkes J HEN One Came Home Amy Timberlake YA TIM Paperboy Vince Vawter YA VAW 2013 Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steve Sheinkin YA 623.541 SHE Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Splendors and Glooms Laura Amy Schlitz J SCH Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage J TUR 2012 Breaking Stalin’s Nose Eugene Yelchin J YEL Inside Out and Back Again Thanhha Lai J LAI 2011 Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm J HOL Heart of a Samurai Margi Preus J PRE Dark Emperor and Other Poems Joyce Sidman J 811.54 SID of the Night One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia J WIL 2010 Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Phillip Hoose J 920 COL justice The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Jacqueline Kelly J KEL 1/13/2018 Page 4 Newbery Award and Honor Books Where the Mountain Meets the Grace Lin J LIN Moon The Mostly True Adventures of Rodman Philbrick J PHI Homer P. Figg 2009 The Underneath Kathi Appelt J APP The Surrender Tree: Poems of Margarita Engle YA 811.54 ENG Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Savvy Ingrid Law J LAW After Tupac & D Foster Jacqueline Woodson YA WOO 2008 Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul J CUR Curtis The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt YA SCH Feathers Jacqueline Woodson J WOO 2007 Penny from Heaven Jennifer L. Holm J HOL Hattie Big Sky Kirby Larson YA LAR Rules Cynthia Lord J LOR 2006 Whittington Alan Armstrong J ARM Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Susan Campbell J 943.086 BAR Hitler's Shadow Bartoletti Princess Academy Shannon Hale J HAL Show Way Jacqueline Woodson EASY WOO 2005 Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko J CHO The Voice that Challenged a Russell Freedman J920 AND Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Lizzie Bright and the Gary D. Schmidt YA SCH Buckminster Boy 2004 Olive's Ocean Kevin Henkes YA HEN An American Plague: The True Jim Murphy J 614.541 MUR and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003 The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer YA FAR Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff J GIF Hoot Carl Hiaasen J HIA A Corner of The Universe Ann M. Martin YA MAR Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie S. Tolan J TOL 2002 Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath J HOR Carver: A Life In Poems Marilyn Nelson YA 811.54 NEL 1/13/2018 Page 5 Newbery Award and Honor Books 2001 Hope Was Here Joan Bauer YA BAU Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo J DIC Joey Pigza Loses Control Jack Gantos J GAN The Wanderer Sharon Creech J CRE 2000 Getting Near to Baby Audrey Couloumbis J COU Our Only May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm J HOL 26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie dePaola J 920 DEP 1999 A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck J PEC 1998 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine J LEV Lily's Crossing Patricia Reilly Giff J GIF Wringer Jerry Spinelli J SPI 1997 A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer YA FAR Moorchild Eloise McGraw J MCG The Thief Megan Whalen YA TUR Turner Belle Prater's Boy Ruth White J WHI 1996 What Jamie Saw Carolyn Coman J COM The Watsons Go to Birmingham: Christopher Paul J CUR 1963 Curtis Yolonda's Genius Carol Fenner J FEN The Great Fire Jim Murphy J 977.311 MUR 1995 Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman J CUS The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Nancy Farmer YA FAR 1994 Crazy Lady Jane Leslie Conly J CON Dragon's Gate Laurence Yep YA YEP Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Russell Freedman J 920 ROO Discovery 1993 What Hearts Bruce Brooks JAUD BRO (Book on Tape) The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales Patricia McKissack J MCK of the Supernatural Somewhere in the Darkness Walter Dean Myers may be requested 1992 Nothing But The Truth: a Avi YA AVI Documentary Novel The Wright Brothers: How They Russell Freedman J 629.13 FRE Invented the Airplane 1/13/2018 Page 6 Newbery Award and Honor Books 1991 The True Confessions of Avi J AVI Charlotte Doyle 1990 Afternoon of the Elves Janet Taylor Lisle J LIS Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Fisher YA STA Staples The Winter Room Gary Paulsen J PAU 1989 In The Beginning: Creation Virginia Hamilton may be requested Stories from Around the World Scorpions Walter Dean Myers YA MYE 1988 After The Rain Norma Fox Mazer May be requested Hatchet Gary Paulsen J PAU/YA PAU 1987 A Fine White Dust Cynthia Rylant may be requested On My Honor Marion Dane Bauer J BAU Volcano: The Eruption and Patricia Lauber J551.2 LAU Healing of Mount St.