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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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2009
Medalist:	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Honor:	The Underneath by Kathi Appelt The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle Savvy by Ingrid Law After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

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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