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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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1999
Medalist: Holes by Louis Sachar
Honor: Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

1998
Medalist: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Honor: Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

1997
Medalist: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Honor: A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White

1996
Medalist: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Honor: What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman
The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy

1995
Medalist: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Honor: Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

1994
Medalist: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Honor: Crazy Lady by J. Conly
Dragon's Gate by L. Yep
Eleanor Roosevelt by R. Freedman

1993
Medalist: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Honor: What Hearts by Bruce Brooks
Dark Thirty by Patricia McKissack
Somewhere in Darkness by Walter Dean Myers

1992
Medalist: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Honor: Nothing But the Truth by Avi
Wright Brothers by R. Freeman

1991
Medalist: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Honor: True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

1990
Medalist:
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Honor: Afternoon of Elves by Janet Lisle
Shabanu, Daughter of The Wind by Suzanne Staples
Winter Room by Gary Paulsen



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