NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS AND HONOR
BOOKS
2008
Winner
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, by Laura Amy Schlitz
Thirteenth-century
2008 Honors
Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Elijah is the first free-born
child in Buxton, a Canadian community of escaped slaves, in 1860. With
masterful storytelling, vibrant humor, and poignant insight into the realities
of slavery and the meaning of freedom, Curtis takes readers on a journey that
transforms a “fra-gile” 11-year-old boy into a courageous hero.
The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt
Seventh-grader, Holling Hoodhood, is convinced his teacher
hates him. Through their Wednesday afternoon Shakespeare sessions she helps him
cope with events both wildly funny and deadly serious. “To thine own self be
true” is just one of the life lessons he learns.
Feathers, by Jacqueline Woodson
Feathers is the story of how a new
boy's arrival in a sixth-grade classroom helps Frannie recognize the barriers
that separate people, and the importance of hope as a bridge. Transcendent
imagery and lyrical prose deftly capture a girl learning to navigate the world
through words.
2007
Winner
The Higher power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
Fearing that her legal guardian
plans to abandon her to return to
2007 Honors
Penny from Heaven, by Jennifer L.
Holm
After inheriting her uncle's
homesteading claim in
Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson
After inheriting her uncle's
homesteading claim in
Rules, by Cynthia Lord
Frustrated at life with an
autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but
her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
2006
Winner
Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins
Teenagers in a small town in the
1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect,
and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
2006 Honors
Whittington, by Alan Armstrong
Whittington, a feline descendant
of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown
barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's
story.
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, by Susan
Campbell Bartoletti
A photo-illustrated look at the
youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical
and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well
as young people who opposed the Nazis, such as Hans and Sophie Scholl.
While attending a strict academy
for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village,
fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her
homeland.
Show Way, by
Jacqueline Woodson
A mother passes on the tradition
of making quilts, or "Show ways", that serve as secret maps for
freedom seeking slaves.
2005
Winner
Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
Al Capone does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose
moves to
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle
for Equal Rights,
by
Russell Freedman
Tells the life story of singer
Marian Anderson, describing her famous 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance and
explaining
how she helped end segregation in the American
arts after being refused the right to perform at
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by
Gary D. Schmidt
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates
his new home of
to change into a tourist spot.
2004
Winner
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some
Soup, and a Spool of Thread,
by Kate
DeCamillo
The adventures of Despereaux
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.
Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
On a summer visit to her
grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on
the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her
feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever
Epidemic of 1793,
by Jim
Murphy
Provides an account of the yellow
fever epidemic that swept through
Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi.
Falsely accused of theft and
murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century
a larger-than-life juggler who
holds a dangerous secret.
The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
In a
future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young
clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old
leader
of a corrupt drug empire nestled between
Pictures of Hollis Woods, by Patricia Reilly Giff
A
troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs
her, remembers the only other time she
was
happy was in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen
Roy,
who is new to his small
owls living
in a proposed construction site.
A Corner of the Universe, by Ann M. Martin
The
summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew
and becomes friends with a girl who
works
at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.
Surviving the Applewhites, by Stephanie S. Tolan
Jake, a
budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and
eccentric Applewhite family's
A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval
how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Everything on a Waffle, by
Polly Horvath
Eleven-year-old Primrose, who
lives in a small fishing village in
she learns about human nature and
the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Carver: A Life in Poems, by Marilyn Nelson
A collection
of poems that combine to provide a portrait of the life of nineteenth-century
African-American botanist
and
inventor George Washington Carver.
A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck (Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (1999 Honor book)
During the recession of 1937,
fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life
grandmother
in rural
Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni
describes her first summer in the town of
that happen to her because of her
big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer
When sixteen-year-old Hope and the
aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to
as waitress and cook in the
Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political
campaign
to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
Joey Pigza Loses Control, by Jack Gantos
Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed
the key. Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too
wired,
goes to spend the summer with the
hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he
coaches win the championship.
The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her
cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a
forty-five
foot sailboat, which, along with
uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in
2000 Winner
Bud, Not Buddy , by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Bud
Caldwell runs away from a foster home and begins an unforgettable journey in
search of his father. His only clues are
old flyers left by his now-deceased mother that point to a legendary jazz
bandleader.
2000 Honors
Getting Near to Baby , by Audrey Couloumbis
Although
thirteen-year-old Willa Jo and her Aunt Patty seem to be constantly at odds,
staying with her and Uncle Hob helps Willa Jo and her younger sister come to
terms with the death of their family's baby.
Our Only May Amelia , by Jennifer L. Holm
As the only girl in a
Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being
expected to act like a lady while growing up in
Children's
author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in
school when he was a boy.
Holes,
by Louis Sachar
The heir to his family's curse of
bad luck, Stanley Yelnats is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. He serves
his sentence
at
A Long Way from
A boy recounts his annual summer
trips to rural
larger-than-life grandmother.
Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse
In a series of poems,
fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s
wheat farm in
the dust bowl years of the
depression.
1998 Honors
Lily’s Crossing, by Patricia Reilly Giff
During a summer spent at
the war and her own world
differently.
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
In this novel based on the story
of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to
obey any order
given to her.
Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli
As Palmer comes of age, he must
either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day
or find
the courage to oppose it.
The View from Saturday, by E. L. Konigsburg
A special bond develops among the
four sixth graders who, along with their teacher/coach, Mrs. Olinski, comprise
a surprisingly—in fact amazingly—successful Academic Bowl team.
A Girl Named Disaster, by Nancy Farmer
While fleeing from
struggles to escape drowning and
starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African
spirits.
Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw
Feeling that she is neither fully
human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts
to find the human
child whose place she had been given.
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure, which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
Belle Prater’s Boy, by Ruth White
When Woodrow's mother suddenly
disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small
he befriends his cousin and
together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their
lives.
The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman
In medieval
and hardship, eventually gains the
three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in
this world.
What Jamie Saw, by Carolyn Coman
Having fled to a family friend's
hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister
against a wall,
nine-year-old Jamie finds himself
living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.
The Watsons Go to
The ordinary interactions and
everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in
are drastically changed after they
go to visit Grandma in
Yolanda’s Genius, by Carol Fenner
After moving from
to prove that her younger brother
is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.
The Great Fire, by Jim Murphy
Photographs and text, along with
personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871
in
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle,
also known as Sal, tells the tale of her best friend, Phoebe, whose mother has
disappeared. At the same time, Sal is on a quest to find her own mother, whose
death she refuses to accept.
Catherine Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman
The daughter of an English country
knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life,
particularly her
longing for adventures beyond the
usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, by Nancy Farmer
In 2194 in
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
This story is set in the
future—one where life seems to have become beautifully organized and simple.
But Jonas,
a 12- year-old boy, discovers the
truth about this seemingly perfect world when his training is turned over to
The Giver.
1994 Honors
Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly
As he tries to come to terms with
his mother's death,
Dragon’s Gate, by Laurence Yep
Sequel to: Mountain
light. When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is
sent to
to join his father, an
uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental
railroad through the
Eleanor Roosevelt: A
Life of Discovery, by Russell Freedman
A biography of the first wife of a president to have a
public life and career of her own.
Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant
When her Aunt May dies, a little
bit of Summer and her uncle
in search of May that lets
Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, by Patricia McKissack
A collection of ghost stories with
African-American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty—the half
hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.
Somewhere in the Darkness, by Walter Dean Myers
A teenage boy accompanies his
father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be an
often painful
time of discovery for them both.
What Hearts, by Bruce Brook
After his mother divorces his
father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect and capacity for forgiveness help
him deal with the instabilities of his new world.
When he finds a lost beagle in the
hills behind his
The Wright Brothers: How the Invented the Airplane, by
Russell Freedman
Follows the lives of the Wright
brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Nothing But the Truth: A
Documentary Novel, by Avi
A ninth-grader's suspension for
singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national
news story.
Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
After his parents die, Jeffrey
Lionel Magee’s life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other
feats which awe
his contemporaries.
1991
Honor
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
Thirteen-year-oldCharlotte Doyle,
the only passenger on a voyage from
matters into her own hands when
she learns that the captain is murderous.
1990 Winner
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
In 1943, during the German occupation of
1990 Honors
Afternoon of the Elves, by Janet Taylor Lisle
As
Hillary works in the miniature village, allegedly built by elves, in
Sara-Kate's backyard, she becomes more and more
curious
about Sara-Kate's real life inside her big, gloomy house with her mysterious,
silent mother.
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind, by
Suzanne Fisher
When eleven-year-old
Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the
marriage to an older man
whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the
decision, as is the
custom, or risk the
consequences of defying her father's wishes.
The Winter Room, by Gary Paul
A young boy growing up on a
northern
uncle's tales of an almost
mythological logging past.
1989 Winner
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two voices, by Paul Fleischman
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and
activities of a variety of insects.
1989 Honors
In the Beginning:
Creation Stories from Around the World, by Virginia Hamilton
An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of
the world explaining the creation of the world.
Scorpions, by Walter Dean Myers
After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the
1988 Winner
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War
President.
1988 Honors
After the Rain, by Norma Fox Mazer
After discovering her grandfather is dying, fifteen-year-old
Rachel gets to know him better than ever before and finds the experience
bittersweet.
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends
fifty-four days in the wilderness and learns to survive with only the aid of a
hatchet given him by his mother. He also learns to survive his parents'
divorce.
1987 Winner
The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleischman
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures
when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous
outlaws.
1987
Honors
A Fine White Dust, by
Cynthia Rylant
The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina
town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his
own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family
and friends.
On My Honor, by Marion Bauer
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming
in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is
devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible
consequences of their disobedience.
Volcano: The
Eruption and Healing of Mount
An account of how and why
1986 Winner
Sarah, Plain and
Tall, by
Patricia MacLachlan
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come to
live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by her and
hope that she will stay.
Commodore Perry in
the Land of the Shogun, by Robert Blumberg
Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening
Dog Song, by Gary Paulsen
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the
modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra,
and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
1985 Winner
The Hero and the
Crown, by
Robin McKinley
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help
of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian
King and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
1985 Honors
Like Jake and Me, by Mavis Jukes
Alex feels that he does not have much in common with his stepfather
Jake until a fuzzy spider brings them together.
The Moves Make the
Man, by
Bruce Brooks
A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in
The One-Eyed Cat, by Paula Fox
An eleven-year-old shoots a stray cat with his new air
rifle, subsequently suffers from guilt, and eventually assumes responsibility
for it.
1984 Winner
Dear Mr. Henshaw, by
In his letters to his favorite author, Leigh reveals his
problems in coping with his parents divorce, being the new boy in school, and
generally finding his own place in the world.
1984 Honors
The Sign of the
Beaver, by
Elizabeth Speare
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in
eighteenth-century
A Solitary Blue, by Cynthia Voigt
Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life
and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love,
and friendship can heal.
Sugaring Time, by Katherine Lasky
Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from
maple trees and processes it into maple syrup.
The Wish Giver:
Three Tales of Coven Tree, by Bill Brittain
When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church
Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young
believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.
1983 Winner
Dicey’s Song, by Cynthia Voigt
Sequel to Homecoming. Now that the four abandoned children are
settled in with their
grandmother, Dicey
must decide what she wants for her siblings and herself.
1986 Honors
Graven Images, by Paul Fleischman
A collection of three
stories about a child who reads the lips of those who whisper secrets into a
statue's ear; a daydreaming shoemaker's apprentice who must find ways to make
the girl he loves notice him; and a stone carver who creates a statue of a
ghost.
Doctor
Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various
animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in
great pain.
The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing
colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native
king with mysterious powers.
Sweet Whispers, Brother
Rush, by
Virginia Hamilton
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother
who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her
dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of her family's problems.
Homesick: My Own
Story, by
Jean Fritz
The author's fictionalized version, though all the events
are true, of her childhood in
1982 Winner
A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and
Experienced Travelers, by Nancy Willard
A collection of poems describing
the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake’s inn.
1982
Honors
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by
With her father returning to college and her mother working full time,
Ramona muddles through the hard times at school and home and proves to be big
enough for her family to depend on.
Upon the Head of a
Goat: A Childhood in
Nine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child
during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown in
1981 Winner
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson
Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends,
mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.
1981 Honors
The Fledgling, by Jane Langton
Georgie's fondest hope, to be able to fly, is fleetingly fulfilled
when she is befriended by a Canada goose.
Ring of Endless
Light, by
Madeline L’Engle
During the summer her grandfather is dying of leukemia and
death seems all around, 15-year-old Vicky finds comfort with the pod of
dolphins with which she has been doing research.
1980 Winner
A Gathering of Days:
A
The journal of a fourteen-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived
on the family farm, records daily events in her small
1980 Honors
The Road from Home: The Story of an
Armenian Girl, by David
Kherdian
Continued from the author's Finding home. A biography of the author's
mother concentrating on her childhood in
1979 Winner
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings
together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of
his death before they can claim their inheritance.
1979 Honor
The Great Gilly
An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and
fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
1978 Winner
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural
1978
Honors
Ramona and Her Father, by
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second
grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
Anpao: An American
Indian Odyssey,
by Jamake Highwater
Traraditional tales from North American Indian tribes woven into one
story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood.
1977 Winner
Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry,
by Mildred D. Taylor
A black family in the South during the 1930s are faced
with prejudice and discrimination which their children don’t understand.
1977
Honors
Abel’s Island, by William Steig
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds
his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to
survive and return to his home.
A String in the Harp, by Nancy Bond
Relates what happens to three American children,
unwillingly transplanted to
1976 Winner
The Grey King, by Susan Cooper
In this fourth book of The
Dark is Rising sequence, Will Stanton, visiting in
1976
Honors
The Hundred Penny
Box, by
Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him
to intercede with his mother, who wants to toss out all her old things.
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in
1975 Winner
M. C. Higgins, the
Great, by
Virginia Hamilton
As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer
to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to
get his family away and fighting for the home they love.
1975
Honors
Figgs & Phantoms, by Ellen Raskin
Chronicles the adventures of the unusual Figg family after
they left show business and settled in the town of
My Brother Sam is
Dead, by
James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the
Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family
tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope
In 1558 while imprisoned in a remote castle, a young girl
becomes involved in a series of events that leads to an underground labyrinth
peopled by the last practitioners of druidic magic.
Philip Hall Likes
Me, I Reckon Maybe, by Bette Greene
Eleven-year-old Beth thinks that Philip Hall likes her, but their
on-again, off-again relationship sometimes makes her wonder.
1974 Winner
The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox
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.
1974
Honor
The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is
the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will
enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
1973 Winner
Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
Escaping from an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old
Eskimo girl gets lost on the Alaskan tundra and is befriended by a wolf pack.
1973
Honors
Frog and Toad
Together,
by
Five further adventures of two best friends as they share
cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.
The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss
A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-one-half years
she spent in hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmer's house during World
War II.
The Witches of Worm, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
A lonely twelve-year-old is convinced that the cat she
finds is possessed by a witch and is responsible for her own strange behavior.
1972 Winner
Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of NIMH,
by Robert C. O’Brien
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed
mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise
and long lived.
1972
Honors
Annie and the Old
One, by
Miska Miles
A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose
completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
The Headless Cupid, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old
David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult.
Incident at Hawk’s
Hill, by
Allan W. Eckert
A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian
prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.
The Planet of Junior
Brown, by
Virginia Hamilton
Already a leader in
The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs
of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure.
1971 Winner
The Summer of the
Swans, by
Betsy Byars
A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her
family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
1971
Honors
Kneeknock Rise, by Natalie Babbitt
A young boy named Egan sets out to prove that the strange
sounds coming from the top of the
Enchantress from the
Stars, by
Sylvia Louise Engdahl
Three civilizations from different planets in widely varying stages of
development clash in what could be either a mutually disastrous or beneficial
encounter.
Sing Down the Moon, by Scott O’Dell
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her
tribe was forced to march to
1970 Winner
Sounder, by William H. Armstrong
A young Negro 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.
1970 Honors
Our Eddie, by Sulamith Ish-Kishor
Teenaged Eddie tries to make up to his family for his
father's lack of warmth and financial support, but seems doomed to tragedy at
every turn.
The
Journey Outside, by Mary Q. Steele
The Raft People live in darkness and travel a circular
journey on an underground river. One boy finds his way outside and tries to
learn as much as possible so he can ultimately lead his people to the
1969 Winner
The High King, by Lloyd Alexander
In this fifth and final chronicle of Prydain, the forces
of good and evil meet in ultimate confrontation.
1969
Honors
To Be a Slave, by Julius Lester
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged
chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their
experiences from the leaving of
When Shlemiel Went
to
1968 Winner
From the Mixed-up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg
Two suburban children run away from their
1968
Honors
Jennifer, Hecate,
Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, by E. L. Konigsburg
The Black
The Fearsome
The
1967 Winner
Up a Road Slowly, by Irene Hunt
A seven-year-old orphan goes to live with her aunt, where
she learns new values as she grows to young womanhood.
1967
Honors
The King’s Fifth, by Scott O’Dell
Zlateh the Goat and
Other Stories,
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Jazz Man, by Mary Hays Weik
1966 Winner
I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the
17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and
equality.
1966
Honors
The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander
The Animal Family, by Randall Jarrell
The Noonday Friends, by Mary Stolz
1965 Winner
Shadow of a Bull, by Maia Wojciechowska
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.
1965 Honor
Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he
is left to take care of the family farm in
1964 Winner
It’s Like This, Cat, by Emily Cheney Neville
A quietly humorous
story of one kind of contemporary
and his family,
his friends, and a stray tomcat.
1964 Honors
Rascal: A Memoir of
a Better Era,
by
The Loner, by Ester Wier
1963 Winner
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to
another world.
1963
Honors
Thistle and Thyme:
Tales and Legends from
Men of
1962 Winner
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
A young boy seeks revenge against the Romans for killing
his parents, but is turned away from vengeance by Jesus.
1962
Honors
Frontier Living, by Edwin Tunis
The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Belling the Tiger, by Mary Stolz
1961 Winner
Island of the Blue
Dolphins,
by Scott O’Dell
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl
who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the
1961
Honors
Old Ramon, by Jack Schaefer
The Cricket in
1960 Winner
Onion John, by Joseph Krumgold
Andy and old Onion John are good friends. Then Andy’s father tries to change Onion
John’s way of life and the problems begin.
1960
Honors
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
The Gammage Cup, by Carol Kendall
1959 Winner
The Witch of
Blackbird Pond,
by Elizabeth George Speare
A young girl’s rebellion against bigotry culminates in a terrifying
witch hunt and trial.
1959 Honors
The Family Under the
Bridge, by
Natalie Savage Carlson
Along Came a Dog, by Meindert Dejong
Chucaro: Wild Pony
of the
The Perilous Road, by William O. Steele
1958 Winner
Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
The struggles and hardships faced by Jeff Bussey on his
escape route during the Civil War.
1958 Honors
The Horsecatcher, by Mari Sandoz
The Great Wheel, by Robert Lawson
Tom Paine, Freedom’s
Apostle,
by Leo Gurko
1957 Winner
Miracles on Maple
Hill, by
Virginia Sorenson
Ten-year-old Marly and her family move from the city to
Grandmother’s old
1957
Honors
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson
The House of Sixty
Fathers,
by Meindert Dejong
Mr. Justice Holmes, by Lara Ingram Judson
The Corn Grows Ripe, by Dorothy Rhoads
Black Fox of Lorne, by Marguerite de Angeli
1956 Winner
Carry On, Mr.
Bowditch,
by Jean Lee Latham
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and
astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship’s captain and
authored The American Practical Navigator.
1956
Honors
The
The Golden Name Day, by Jennie Lindquist
Men, Microscopes,
and Living Things, by Katherine Shippen
1955 Winner
The Wheel on the
School, by
Meindert Dejong
The residents of a small town in
1955
Honors
Courage of Sarah
Noble, by
Alice Dalgliesh
Banner in the Sky, by James Ullman
1954 Winner
. . . And Now Miguel, by Joseph Krumgold
Miguel lives with his family on a sheep ranch in
All Alone, by Claire Huchet Bishop
Shadrach, by Meindert Dejong
Hurry Home, Candy, by Meindert Dejong
Theodore Roosevelt,
Fighting Patriot, by Clara Ingram Judson
Magic Maize, by Mary and Conrad Buff
1953 Winner
Secret of the
An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in
1953
Honors
Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White
Moccasin Trail, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Red Sails to
The Bears on
Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1, by
Genevieve Foster
1952 Winner
Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes
The Pye family is happy until a man with a mustard-colored
hat appears and Ginger, their dog, disappears.
1952
Honors
Americans Before
The Defender, by Nicholas
Kalashnikoff
The Light at Tern
Rock, by
Julia Sauer
The Apple and the
Arrow, by
Mary and Conrad Buff
1951 Winner
Amos Fortune, Free
Man, by
Elizabeth Yates
A biography of Amos Fortune, born the son of an African
king, but captured at 15 and sold as a slave in
1951
Honors
Better Known as
Johnny Appleseed, by Mabel Leigh Hunt
Gandhi, Fighter
Without a Sword, by Jeanette Eaton
Abraham Lincoln,
Friend of the People, by Clara Ingram Judson
The Story of Appleby
Capple, by
Anne Parrish
1950 Winner
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli
The crippled son of a great lord in 14th century
1950 Honors
Tree of Freedom, by Rebecca Caudill
The Blue Cat of
Kildee House, by Rutherford Montgomery
George Washington, by Genevieve Foster
Song of the Pines: A
Story of Norwegian Lumbering in
1949 Winner
King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
Traces the abuses and triumphs of the Arabian stallion who
became a bounding sire of the thoroughbred breed, and of the mute Arabian boy
who tended him as long as he lived.
1949
Honors
Seabird, by Holling C. Holling
Daughter of the
Mountain,
by Louise Rankin
My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth S. Gannett
Story of the Negro, by Arna Bontemps
1948 Winner
The Twenty-One
Balloons,
by William Pene du Bois
Three weeks after leaving
1948 Honors
Pancakes—
Li Lun, Lad of
Courage,
by Carolyn Treffinger
The Quaint and
Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, by Catherine Besterman
The Cow-Tail Switch,
and Other West African Stories, by Harold Courlander
Misty of
Chincoteague,
by Marguerite Henry
1947 Winner
Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Miss Hickory, a country woman whose body is an applewood
twig and whose head is a hickory nut, survives a
1947 Honors
Big Tree, by Mary and Conrad Buff
Wonderful Year, by Nancy Barnes
The Heavenly Tenants, by William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew, by Cyrus Fisher
The Hidden Treasure
of Glaston,
by Eleanor Jewett
1946 Winner
Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski
Birdie Boyer and her hard working family raise
strawberries in
1946 Honors
Justin Morgan Had a
Horse, by
Marguerite Henry
The Moved-Outers, by
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear, by
Christine Weston
New Found World, by Katherine Shippen
1945 Winner
Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson
New folks are coming to live in the Big House and the
animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good
providers.
1945
Honors
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes
The Silver Pencil, by Alice Dalgliesh
Abraham Lincoln’s
World, by
Genevieve Foster
Lone Journey: The
Life of Roger Williams, by Jeanetter Eaton
1944 Winner
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
The Revolutionary War with its famous Boston Tea Party is described in
this historical novel of the revolt in
1944
Honors
These Happy Golden
Years, by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fog Magic, by Julia Sauer
Rufus M., by Eleanor Estes
Mountain Born, by Elizabeth Yates
1943 Winner
Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
The adventures of an eleven-year-old boy in 13th century
1943 Honors
The Middle Moffat, by Eleanor Estes
Have You Seen Tom
Thumb?, by
Mabel Leigh Hunt
1942 Winner
The Matchlock Gun, by Walter Edmonds
When ten-year-old Edward was left in the cabin to protect
his family, he was able to place the heavy gun on the table and point it out
the window when the Indians attacked.
1942
Honors
Little Town on the
Prairie,
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
George Washington’s
World, by
Genevieve Foster
Indian Captive: The
Story of Mary Jemison, by Lois Lenski
Down Ryton Water, by Eva Roe Gaggin
1941 Winner
Call it Courage, by Armstrong Perry
Although he is afraid of the sea, the son of a chief of
Polynesians who worship courage sets forth alone in his canoe to conquer his
fear.
1941
Honors
Blue
Young Mac of
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall
1940 Winner
Daniel Boone, by James H. Daugherty
Daniel Boone not only describes the life and adventures of
the early explorer, but also presents an accurate account in both words and
pictures of American pioneer life and the journey westward.
1940 Honors
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Runner of the
Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz, by Mabel Robinson
By the Shores of
Boy with a Pack, by Stephen W. Meader
1939 Winner
Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright
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
1939
Honors
Nino, by Valenti Angelo
Mr. Popper’s
Penguins,
by Richard and
Hello the Boat!, by Phyllis Crawford
Leader by Destiny:
George Washington, Man and Patriot , by Jeanette Eaton
Penn, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1938 Winner
The White Stag, by Kate Seredy
Retells the legendary
story of the Huns’ and Magyars’ long migration from Asia to
where they hope to
find a permanent home.
1938 Honors
On the Banks of Plum
Creek, by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
1937 Winner
Roller Skates, by Ruth Sawyer
For one glorious year, Lucinda Wyman was given the
opportunity to explore
1937 Honors
Phoebe Fairchild:
Her Book,
by Lois Lensky
Whistler’s Van, by Idwal Jones
Golden Basket , by Ludwig Bemelmans
Winterbound, by Margery Bianco
Audubon, by Constance Rourke
The Codfish Musket, by Agnes Hewes
1936 Winner
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on
the
1936 Honors
Honk, the Moose, by Phil Stong
The Good Master, by Kate Seredy
Young Walter Scott, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
All Sail Set: A
Romance of the Flying Cloud, by Armstrong Sperry
1935 Winner
Dobry, by Monica Shannon
Dobry, a Bulgarian
peasant boy, is helped by his artist grandfather to attain his ambition to
leave his village and
study art.
1935 Honors
Pageant of Chinese
History ,
by Elizabeth Seeger
Davy Crockett ,by Constance Rourke
Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch, by Hilda Van Stockum
1934 Winner
Invincible Louisa:
The Story of the Author Little Women, by Cornelia Meigs
The life of Louisa May Alcott, best known as the author of
Little Women and Little Men is chronicled from her childhood with her
unconventional parents, through her experience as a civil war nurse and finally
to her acceptance as an accomplished author.
1934 Honors
The Forgotten
Daughter,
by Caroline Snedeker
Swords of Steel, by Elsie Singmaster
ABC Bunny, by Wanda Gag
Winged Girl of
New Land, by Sarah Schmidt
Big Tree of Bunlahy:
Stories of My Own Countryside, by Padraic Colum
Glory of the Seas, by Agnes Hewes
Apprentice of
1933 Winner
Young Fu of the
Upper Yangtze,
by
The adventures of a young coppersmith’s apprentice in
1933
Honors
Swift Rivers, by Cornelia Meigs
The Railroad to
Freedom: A Story of the Civil War, by Hildegarde Swift
Children of the
Soil: A Story of Scaninavia, by Nora Burglon
1932 Winner
Waterless Mountain, by Laura Adams Armer
A young Navaho boy undergoes eight years of training in
the ancient beliefs of his people in order to become a Medicine Priest.
1932 Honors
The Fairy Circus, by Dorothy P. Lathrop
Calico Bush ,by Rachel Field
Boy of the
Out of the Flame, by Eloise Lownsbery
Jane’s Island, by Marjorie Allee
Truce of the Wolf
and Other Tales of Old
1931 Winner
The Cat Who Went to
Heaven, by
Elizabeth Coatsworth
The cat “Good Fortune” watches the Japanese artist as he
paints the animals going one by one to do homage to the Buddha. At long last, a miracle brings the cat into
the picture.
1931 Honors
Floating Island, by Anne Parrish
The Dark Star of
Itza: The Story of A Pagan Princess, by Alida Malkus
Queer Person, by Ralph Hubbard
Mountains are Free, by Julia Davis
Spice and the
Devil’s Cave,
by Agnes Hewes
Meggy MacIntosh, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Garram the Hunter: A
boy of the Hill Tribes, by Herbert Best
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer, by Alice Lide and Margaret
Johansen
1930 Winner
Hitty, Her First
Hundred Years,
by Rachel Field
Hitty, a doll carved
from mountain ash in the nineteenth century, has many adventures as she
travels around the
world with different owners.
1930
Honors
Daughter of the
Pran of
Jumping-Off Place, by Marian Hurd McNeely
Tangle-Coated Horse
and Other Tales, by Ella Young
Vaino, by Julia Davis
Little Blacknose, by Hildegarde Swift
1929 Winner
The Trumpeter of
The commemoration of an act of bravery and self-sacrifice
in ancient
1929 Honors
Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben
Loo by
John Bennett
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
The Boy Who Was by Grace Hallock
Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs
Runaway Papoose by Grace Moon
Tod of the
1928 Winner
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, by
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Gay Neck, a brave carrier pigeon, and his master, a Hindu
boy, help the Allies during World War I.
1928 Honors
The Wonder Smith and
His Son,
by Ella Young
Downright Dencey, by Caroline Snedeker
1927 Winner
Smoky, The Cowhorse, by Will James
Smoky’s life on the range, as a cowpony in a rodeo, and as
a cart hose are vividly described in both words and pictures by Will James,
author and rodeo writer.
1926 Winner
Shen of the Sea, by Authur Bowie Chrisman
Sixteen short stories about Chinese life.
1926 Honor
Voyagers: Being
Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery, by Padraic Colum
1925 Winner
Tales from Silver
Lands, by
Charles Joseph Finger
A collection of nineteen tales from the Indians of various
South American countries.
1925
Honors
Nicholas: A
Dream Coach, by Anne Parrish
1924 Winner
The Dark Frigate, by Charles Boardman Hawes
A young man dares not return to
1923 Winner
The Voyages of Dr.
Dolittle,
by Hugh Lofting
Dr. Dolittle and his assistant, 10 year old Tommy
Stubbins, travel to
1922 Winner
The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the
current day.
1922 Honors
The Great Quest, by Charles Hawes
Cedric the Forester, by Bernard Marshall
The Old Tobacco
Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure, by William Bowen
The Golden Fleece
and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, by Padraic Colum
The Windy Hill, By
Cornelia Meigs