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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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1979
Medalist: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Honor: The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

1978
Medalist: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Honor: Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater

1977
Medalist: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Honor: Abel's Island by William Steig
A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond

1976
Medalist: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
Honor: The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep

1975
Medalist: M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
Honor: Figgs and Phantoms by Ellen Raskin
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Green

1974
Medalist: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
Honor: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

1973
Medalist: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Honor: Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Weiss
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1972
Medalist: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Honor: Incident At Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1971
Medalist: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
Honor: Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt
Enchantress From the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell

1970
Medalist: Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Honor: Our Eddie by Sulamith Ish-Kishor
The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art by Janet Moore
Journey Outside by Mary Q. Steele



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