Newbery Medal Winners

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The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Visit the ALSC Newbery Page to see more winners from the past.

2010 When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (J STE)

2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (J GAI)

2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (J 812.6 SCH)

2007 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (J Pat)

2006 Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (J Per)

2005 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (J Kad)

2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (J DiC)

2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi ( J Avi)

2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park ( J Par)

2001 A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck ( Pec)

2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis ( J Cur)

1999 Holes by Louis Sachar ( J Sac)