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The Newbery Medal recognizes the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Named after John Newbery, the famous 18th century British publisher and bookseller, the award is presented annually by the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

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2008
Medalist: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
Honor:

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
2007
Medalist: Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Honor:

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Rules by Cynthia Lord

2006
Medalist: Criss Cross written by Lynne Rae Perkins
Honor: Whittington by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott
2005
Medalist: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Honor: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
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
2004
Medalist: Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Honor: Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
2003
Medalist: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
Honor: 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 Anne M. Martin
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
2002
Medalist: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Honor: Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
2001
Medalist: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Honor: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
2000
Medalist: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Honor: Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm


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