What's a Newberry Medal Winner?

Title Author Year Book Level Points
Moon Over Manifest Clare Vanderpool 2011 5.3 12
When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead 2010 4.5 6
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2009 5.1 10
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Laura Amy Schlitz 2008 5.6 2
The Higher Power of  Lucky Susan Patron 2007 5.9 5
Criss Cross Lynne Rae Perkins 2006 5.5 7
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadonata 2005 4.7 7
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2004 4.7 5
Crispin:  The Cross of Lead Avi 2003 5.0 7
A Single Shard Linda Sue Park 2002 6.6 6
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck 2001 4.5 4
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis 2000 5.0 8
Holes Louis Sachar 1999 4.6 7
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse 1998 5.3 3
The View from Saturday E.L. Konigsburg 1997 5.9 7
The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman 1996 6.0 3
Walk Two Moon Sharon Creech 1995 4.9 9
The Giver Lois Lowry 1994 5.7 7
Missing May Cynthia Rylant 1993 5.3 3
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1992 4.4 4
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1991 4.7 5
Number the Stars Lois Lowry 1990 4.5 4
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman 1989    
Lincoln:  A Photobiography Russell Freedman 1988 7.7 5
The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman 1987 3.9 2
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 1986 3.4 1
The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley 1985 7.0 15
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary 1984 4.9 3
Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt 1983 5.0 11
A Visit to William Blake's Inn Nancy Willard 1982 4.5 .5
Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson 1981 5.7 8
A Gathering of Days Joan W. Blos 1980 6.7 5
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 1979 5.3 8
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1978 4.6 5
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor 1977 5.7 10
The Grey King Susan Cooper 1976 6.2 9
M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton 1975 4.4 10
The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1974 6.0 6
Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George 1973 5.8 6
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien 1972 5.1 8
Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars 1971 4.9 4
Sounder William H. Armstrong 1970 5.3 3
The High King Lloyd Alexander 1969 6.1 11
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Kinigsburg 1968 4.7 5
Up a Road Slowly Irene Hunt 1967 6.6 8
I, Juan de Pareja Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 1966 6.5 7
Shadow of a Bull Maia Wojciechowska 1965 5.2 5
It's Like This, Cat Emily Neville 1964 4.7 5
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle 1963 4.7 7
Title Author Year Book Level Points
The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare 1962 5 10
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell 1961 5.4 6
Onion John Joseph Krumgold 1960 4.5 8
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1959 5.7 9
Rifles for Watie Harold Keith 1958 6.1 14
Miracles on Maple Hill Virginia Sorenson 1957 4.9 7
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham 1956 4.1 8
The Wheel on the School Meindert DeJong 1955 4.7 10
. . . And Now Miguel Joseph Krumgold 1954 4.8 8
Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark 1953 4.7 5
Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes 1952 6.0 9
Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates 1951 6.5 5
The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli 1950 6.2 4
King of the Wind Marguerite Henry 1949 5.4 5
The Twenty-One Balloons William Pene du Bois 1948 6.8 6
Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1947 5.9 4
Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski 1946 4.8 6
Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson 1945 6.4 3
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes 1944 5.9 13
Adam of the Road Elizabeth Janet Gray 1943 6.5 9
The Matchlock Gun Walter Edmonds 1942 5.1 1
Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry 1941 6.2 3
Daniel Boon James Daugherty 1940 7.7 4
Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright 1939 5.7 5
The White Stag Kate Seredy 1938 6.6 2
Roller Skates Ruth Sawyer 1937 6.3 8
Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1936 6.0 8
Dobry Monica Shannon 1935    
Invincible Louisa Cornelia Meigs 1934 8.0 10
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Lewis 1933 6.4 10
Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer 1932    
The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth 1931 5.9 2
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Rachel Field 1930 7.1 11
The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric P. Kelly 1929 7.1 10
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1928 6.5 6
Smoky, the Cowhorse Will James 1927 6.5 13
Shen of the Sea Arthur Bowie 1926 5.4 6.0
Tales from Silver Lands Charles Finger 1925    
The Dark Frigate Charles Hawes 1924 6.7 12
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1923 5.7 11
The Story of Mankind (Updated) Hendrik Willem van Loon 1922 9.9 34