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M. C. Higgins, the Great
Up on Sarah's Mountain, M. C. dreams of a way for his family to escape the spoil heap that may one day destroy their home. It is not his dreams but the boy's own strength and determination that help the family find a way to keep themselves safe.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1975 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780590672979
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Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Eleven-year-old Cuban American Merci Suárez balances the demands of her multi-generational family with the challenges of being a scholarship student at a private school in Florida.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2019 (Medal Winner), Notable Children's Books 2019
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780763690496
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Minn of the Mississippi
Over a twenty-five-year period a snapping turtle makes her way from the source of the Mississippi to the Delta. Along the way she encounters a variety of adventures, lays eggs as she grows older, and introduces readers to the varied people, places, and wildlife along the river.- Fiction, Animals, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1952 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780395175781
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Miracles on Maple Hill
When her father finally returns from being a prisoner of war, Marley's family decides to try to make a new beginning on a beautiful farm in Pennsylvania. During their first year there, they marvel at the miracle of the sap rising in the maple trees and the changes in each other.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780152545581
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Missing May
Twelve-year-old Summer lives with her Aunt May and Uncle Ob in the mountains of West Virginia. When May dies, Summer, Uncle Ob, and Summer's friend, Cletus, try to get her back—or at least to get word of her—and to alleviate the pain. This trio of lovingly described characters journeys from intense grief to the understanding that love is never truly lost.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: (0-531-08596-1)
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Misty of Chincoteague
When Pony Penning Day comes on Chincoteague Island, Maureen and Paul are determined to buy the Phantom and her filly, Misty. They work hard and save $102, and finally the two spirited animals are theirs. Now the children must train the wild ponies to be around people, instead of running wild on Assateague.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1948 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780439192842
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The Noonday Friends
Her hard-working mother and out-of-work father depend on Franny to take care of her little brother after school and to help out in other ways. The only time left for friendship is during lunch hour at school when she talks to Simone, a friend with whom she can share problems.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1966 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590440769
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Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel
Avi's documentary approach chronicles the results of a teacher's objection to a ninth grader's humming along with “The Star Spangled Banner.” School rules stipulate that students are to stand at “respectful, silent attention.” Mis com muni cation, misperceptions, and personal viewpoints of right, wrong, and protected freedoms propel the characters rapidly into a crisis situation that forces the reader to explore issues of perception, reality, bias, and expediency.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1992 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: (0-531-05959-6)
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Number the Stars
When ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen's family decides to pretend that her friend Ellen Rosen is her sister, they become involved in the effort to save the Danish Jews from the Nazis. As the author deftly portrays deep friendship, a strong family, and heroism in wartime, the story builds to a tense climax.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1990 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780544340008
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Old Ramon
Old Ramon teaches the boy as much as he can during the months they spend with the sheep in the mountains. Along the way, Ramon shares stories of his youth as a shepherd with the boy's grandfather and brings the boy back to the valley with a keener understanding and appreciation for the life of a shepherd.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1961 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780395070871
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Old Yeller
Left to help care for the homestead while his father takes their cattle to Kansas, fourteen-year-old Travis initially resents the intrusion of the big yellow dog. The dog proves his worth by rescuing little Arliss from a bear and Travis from wild hogs, guaranteeing himself a home.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060115456
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Olive's Ocean
Twelve-year-old Martha receives a page from the journal of a classmate, Olive, who has died in an accident. Olive's entry about a desire to be Martha's friend, to see the ocean, and to become a writer propels Martha into a journey from childhood to the brink of adolescence.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2004 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-06-053543-1
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The One and Only Ivan
Ivan's transformative emergence from the “Ape at Exit 8” to “The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback,” comes to life through the gorilla's own distinct narrative voice, which is filled with wry humor, deep emotion and thought-provoking insights into the nature of friendship, hope and humanity.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2013 (Medal Winner)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780061992254
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Onion John
Twelve-year-old Andy is torn between his love for his father and his affection for Onion John, the old man whose way of life is totally foreign to nearly everyone in town. When members of the Rotary Club try to build Onion John a new house, their actions have great repercussions.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1960 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780064401449
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Other Words for Home
Themes of conflict, home, identity, the arts, and prejudice are interwoven in this powerful verse novel about a Syrian girl's new life in America.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062747808
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Pancakes-Paris
Before the war there was heat and food and paper. Now Charles wishes for a way to show his little sister the fun of Mardi Gras and the wonderful crepes they ate. When two American soldiers suddenly enter his life and give him a strange box that they claim holds the ingredients for crepes, things start to happen.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1948 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670537822
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Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
Eleven-year-old Beth Lambert, a spunky heroine, realizes she has been letting Philip Hall be number one in school because she is afraid he will not like her if she surpasses him. With gentle prodding from her family, Beth decides to go ahead and do her best—even if it means beating Philip Hall.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1975 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780803760981
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Pictures of Hollis Woods
Twelve-year-old Hollis Woods unfolds her story of foster care and a search for family in images from her sketchbook, which reveal both her memories and her artistic soul. Strong visual imagery, multi-layered structure, and memorable characters create an emotionally satisfying story.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2003 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: (0-385-32655-6)
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Piecing Me Together
Shouldering her mother's expectations, Jade enters a mentor program with an inconsistent mentor. The unfulfillment she feels galvanizes her to follow her own artistic path.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2018 (Medal Winner), Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781681191058
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The Planet of Junior Brown
For more than two months, huge, musical genius Junior Brown and his friend and protector Buddy Clark have been cutting classes and hiding in a secret basement room created by the school custodian. Buddy and Mr. Poole, the custodian, are trying desperately to help Junior, who seems to be slipping slowly but inexorably into madness.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780575041059
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Ramona and Her Father
Ramona is in second grade when her father loses his job and her mother begins to work full-time. Ramona tries her best to help her family through the crisis, even starting a campaign to get her father to quit smoking. Her worries, problems, and joys, presented with lively good humor, are common to many children her age.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1978 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780380709168
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona is now starting the third grade and her life is full of the usual hilarious trials that cause her to be labeled a “nuisance and show-off” by her new teacher. Whether she is deciding if she prefers her printed Q to the floppy cursive one, getting raw egg in her hair, or facing an interminably boring Sunday, Ramona is always a memorable character.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1982 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780440473503
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Red Sails to Capri
Three wealthy strangers come to Michele's small island village and stay at his parents' inn. Their good spirits and desire for adventure soon convince Michele and his friends to help the strangers explore a forbidden cave. Their discovery of the nowfamous Blue Grotto changes the lives of every one on Capri.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1953 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670592135
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A Ring of Endless Light
Sixteen-year-old Vicky and her family spend the summer on a New England island with her dying grandfather. All summer long she and her family are preoccupied with the mysteries of life, death, and eternity, yet there is still time for Vicky to help with a Marine Biology Station dolphin project and to date two boys.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1981 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780440972327
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Roller Girl
Astrid falls in love with roller derby and learns how to be tougher, stronger, and fearless. Jamieson perfectly captures the highs and lows of growing up in this dynamic graphic novel.- Fiction, Graphic Novels, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2016 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2016
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780803740167
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Rules
“A boy can take off his shirt to swim, but not his shorts.” Twelve-year-old Catherine creates rules for her younger, autistic brother David in an attempt to normalize his life and her own. In her debut novel, Lord's heroine learns to use words to forge connections with her brother, her workaholic father, and a paraplegic friend.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2007 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 0-439-44382-2
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Seabird
To help him while away the hours on the whaling ship, Ezra carves a mascot, Seabird, which becomes his constant companion as he journeys around the world and finally gets his own ship. For four generations Seabird brings companionship and luck to Ezra's family as they sail the sea.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1949 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780440841159
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Shadow of a Bull
With everyone waiting for him to become a great bullfighter like his father, Manolo is afraid to let them know that he has a different dream—to become a doctor. He trains and practices for the ring until finally he has the courage and confidence to admit that he can never be a bullfighter.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1965 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780689300424
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Shadrach
After Davie's grandfather promises him a rabbit of his own, the little boy's excitement is nearly uncontainable. Davie bravely gathers food near a dangerous Dutch canal, helps get his hutch ready, and, when the rabbit arrives, lavishes attention and affection on the little animal.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1954 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060215460
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Shiloh
Marty Preston, an eleven-year-old West Virginian boy, befriends a stray dog and while protecting the dog from abuse wrestles with universal questions of honesty, commitment, and ethical decision making. Marty discovers that discerning right from wrong is not as straightforward as he had imagined.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1992 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 0-689-31614-3
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Show Way
Jacqueline Woodson's magnificent poem “Show Way” tells the story of slavery, emancipation, and triumph for each generation of her maternal ancestors. She pays tribute to the creative women who guided their “tall and straight-boned” daughters to courage, self-sufficiency, and freedom. Whether with quilts or stories, poems or songs, these women discovered and shared the strength to carry on.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 0-399-23749-6
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Somewhere in the Darkness
Jimmy Little had always wanted a father. However, when Crab, his father, who is virtually a stranger, appears in a dark hallway straight from a prison hospital, it is not at all what he had hoped for. On the tense, frightening trip with Crab to Chicago and then to Alabama, Jimmy finds he must learn self-knowledge as well as compassion to deal with a difficult and dangerous situation.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 0-590-42411-4
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Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin
An orphan, fifteen-year-old Nils joins the Svendsen family and other Norwegian emigrants as they head toward America in the 1850s. They travel to Wisconsin where they stake out a claim for a farm. Nils, having found work in the lumber camps, creates his own business and future in America.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1950 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780030497155
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The Story of Appleby Capple
For his Cousin Clement's ninety-ninth birthday, five-year-old Appleby is determined to give the old man the thing he wants most to see: a zebra butterfly. The boy wanders through the alphabet looking for the butterfly. Ink illustrations work people and objects around all twenty-six letters.- Fiction, General Fiction, Alphabet Books
- John Newbery Medal 1951 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9789997489838
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Surviving the Applewhites
Tolan features pierced and spike-haired Jake, who has been expelled from every possible public school before his unwilling arrival at Wit's End, N.C., and the homeschool run by the chaotic and outrageous Applewhite family. The eccentric characters and fast pace culminate in a hilarious musical production that forces Jake to grow.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2003 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 0-06-623602-9
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Life changes radically for fourteen-year-old Tree and her older disabled brother when the ghost of Brother Rush appears to Tree, first in the street and then in her home. The handsome ghost of her mother's brother takes her back in time to bear witness to the past and to learn about the terrible disease that is killing her own brother.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780380651931
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Up a Road Slowly
When Julie is seven, her mother dies. She and her little brother are sent to live with her strict, schoolteacher aunt. Through the years, Julie keeps hoping that her father will want them back, that staying with Aunt Cordelia is just temporary, but slowly she comes to love her aunt and wants to stay.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1967 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780448164960
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The View from Saturday
Mrs. Olinski selects four of her sixth-grade students to be the Academic Bowl team. No one understands her choice of these particular students, in clud ing Mrs. Olinski, who continues to question herself. The students surprise everyone with their unique contributions to the challenges of competition.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1997 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-689-80993-X)
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Walk Two Moons
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle sets out on a cross-country journey with her grandparents to see her mother, who has not returned from a visit to Idaho. Sal entertains her grandparents by telling them about her new friend Phoebe, and in so doing begins to understand herself and her own mother. The book, packed with humor and affection, is an odyssey of unexpected twists and surprising conclusions.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1995 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-06-023334-6)
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The Wanderer
Sailing across the Atlantic with her uncles and cousins becomes a journey of discovery for thirteen-year-old Sophie. The carefully designed plot gradually reveals the truth of Sophie's past, even as readers begin to wonder about this rag-tag crew. Through journal entries, multiple viewpoints are weaved into a story that speaks to the power of survival and the delicacy of grief.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 0-06-027730-0
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What Hearts
Seven-year-old Asa, by far the best in his class, comes home from the last day of school with a knapsack full of prizes to find that his whole world has changed. Asa tries to make sense of a world in which he is challenged and put down by a domineering stepfather and only partially sustained by his loving but disturbed mother. Four stories show Asa at seven, nine, eleven, and twelve, struggling to find the secret of connection with others.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 0-06-021131-8
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What Jamie Saw
What Jamie Saw is a gripping interior novel that portrays a desperate mother and her quietly heroic son as they move from an impossibly bleak situation toward a promise of hope. Coman captures Jamie's fear, his uncertainty, and his confusion as well as his growing confidence and ability to stand up for himself.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1996 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: (1-886910-02-2)
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The Wheel on the School
Inspired by Lina's composition about storks, her classmates and teacher decide to find a way to bring the birds and their luck back to their little Dutch village. As the children involve the people of the village in the search for a wheel and for a way to attach it to their school, they bring their small community together.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1955 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780060215866
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The Witches of Worm
Deserted by her friends and her mother, Jessica channels her anger at life into “evil acts” that her cat, Worm, supposedly forces her to perform. Convinced first that Worm is a witch's cat, then that she is a witch, Jessica is ultimately forced to face herself and her feelings.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1973 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689704260
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Wringer
Palmer LaRue dreads his approaching birthday because he does not want to be a wringer, one of the ten-year-old boys who breaks the necks of pigeons wounded at the town's pigeon shoot fund-raiser. When his three bullying friends suspect he is sheltering a stray pigeon, Palmer decides to take a personal stand against this annual rite of passage.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: (0-06-024913-7)
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The Year of Billy Miller
Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but during the year he develops better relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents, and celebrates a quiet triumph of his own.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2014 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780062268129
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Yolonda's Genius
Fenner portrays memorable characters and a vivid, authentic place in this engaging story of a bright, feisty fifth grader. Yolonda is determined to bring to light her younger brother's extraordinary talent of transforming the world around him into the music he makes.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1996 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-689-80001-0)
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