Award Winners
Newbery Honor Book
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- Misty of Chincoteague
Each year, wild ponies on Assateague Island are rounded up and coaxed across a narrow strip of ocean to Chincoteague Island. There, to thin ...
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Every day while Mr. Popper paints the outside of houses, he dreams of traveling to far-off places. Most of all, he wishes he could visit the...
- The Tombs of Atuan
A bold young wizard enters the labyrinth of the sacred Tombs of Atuan to steal the magical ring of Erreth-Akbe. Instead, he finds an unhappy...
- On My Honor
The sun beats down on 7th-graders Joel and his best friend as they pedal up and down the hills outside of town. Before leaving home, Joel ha...
- Rascal
In 1918 Wisconsin, 11-year-old Sterling North has an almost perfect life. He keeps skunks in the backyard, goes everywhere with his enormous...
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi’s swashbuckling tale of murder and mutiny on the high seas has a fascinating twist: the heroine is a 13-year-old girl. In 1832, Charlott...
- The Blue Sword
Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl, is pleased with her new home. Life in Istan is certainly easy, but a voice in her ear whispers that...
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Almost anything scares young Eleanor: mice, the dark, and a host of imaginary dangers. But she learns to hide her feelings-her father disapp...
- Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe
Beth Lambert thinks Philip Hall is the cutest, smartest boy in sixth grade. She and Philip are good friends, but Mama thinks Philip invites ...
- A String in the Harp
This absorbing tale of time travel is a fascinating way for young adults to learn about the culture and history of Wales. After Peter Morgan...
- The Moves Make the Man
For Bix Rivers, nothing is more important than the truth. His father is dead, his mother is in a mental hospital, and his stepfather ignores...
- What Hearts
The day Asa came home at the end of first grade, his life turned upside down. When he saw the empty rooms in his house and the suitcase by ...
- Catherine, Called Birdy
In 1290, her 14th year, Catherine begins a diary that quickly fills with the irrepressible joys and frustrations of her days. Always looking...
- The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
“It was the year when Jonathan was eight that he went over Hemlock Mountain.” Hemlock Mountain was really just a hill. And since he was big ...
- The Courage of Sarah Noble
In 1707, eight-year-old Sarah travels with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness. Sarah is afraid when she hears anim...
- The Hundred Dresses
Wanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she...
- The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
You’re about to enter the world of the future—a world turned inside out and upside down, beyond anything you’ve ever imagined. Zimbabwe, 219...
- A Girl Named Disaster
Eleven-year-old Nhamo is running for her life. When the village witch finder decrees that she must marry a cruel stranger to propitiate an e...
- The Planet of Junior Brown
Winner of the Newbery Honor, The Planet of Junior Brown is an extraordinary story of heroism, and survival, that will appeal to you...
- Justin Morgan Had a Horse
In the early years of our country, a poor school teacher, Justin Morgan, receives a horse and her tiny colt in payment for some work. He wis...
- Anpao
In the tradition of the Native American storyteller, Jamake Highwater weaves generations of legends and stories into the haunting legend of ...
- My Side of the Mountain
Determined to leave behind the noise and pollution of his New York City home, teenaged Sam Gribley heads for some forgotten family land in t...
- Old Yeller
Between chasing raccoons and skunks out of the corn field and his younger brother Arliss out of the drinking hole, Travis had little time le...
- The Gammage Cup
Far away, in the land between the mountains, 12 Minnipin villages are tucked in the bends of the Watercress River. In their thatched, green-...
- To Be A Slave
To Be a Slave stands apart from other historical accounts of slavery in one extraordinary way: it is told by the slaves themselves....
- Afternoon of the Elves
Something strange and wonderful has appeared in Sara-Kate’s junky and overgrown backyard: a tiny, delicate village built of sticks and leave...
- The Moorchild
Moql’s mother is Folk, one of those tiny fairies who live hidden from mere mortals, and her father is human. Young patrons will empathize as...
- The Great Fire
Award-winning author Jim Murphy whisks you back in time to witness the disastrous 1871 Chicago Fire. He depicts the tragedy so vividly, you ...
- Scorpions
Twelve-year-old Jamal is in trouble at home, at school, and on the street. His big brother, the leader of the Harlem Scorpions, is in jail f...
- The Black Pearl
When Ramón Salazar swims into an underwater cave in a deserted lagoon, he discovers the black pearl, the Great Pearl of Heaven. As the son o...
- Sing Down the Moon
High on the mesa above the Canyon de Chelly, 14-year-old Bright Morning tends her mother’s flock of sheep. The piñon pine stand tall about h...
- The Great Gilly Hopkins
In three years, 11-year-old Gilly Hopkins has been in three foster homes and has perfected the art of driving people crazy, especially those...
- The Winter Room
This story of two Norwegian-American farm boys who discover the remarkable magic of storytelling is vintage Gary Paulsen—earthy, gritty, and...
- The Perilous Gard
Kate Sutton is all arms and legs. She possesses none of her sister Alicia’s honey-eyed beauty, but is intelligent and willful like her grand...
- The Upstairs Room
For the last two years, the radio news has brought trouble to eight-year-old Annie de Leeuw’s home. When Father hears how Hitler is treating...
- A Fine White Dust
For 13-year-old Peter Cassidy, each summer day is just like the one before it—mowing lawns for spending money and hanging out with his best ...
- The Cricket in Times Square
A Newbery Honor Book, as well as an ALA Notable Book, The Cricket in Times Square has become a favorite with readers across the wor...
- The Egypt Game
When Melanie Ross first meets April Hall, she’s not sure what to think. What other sixth grade girl wears her blonde hair piled in a twist a...
- The Headless Cupid
Eleven-year-old David is about to meet his new stepsister, Amanda, who is only one year older than he is. Amanda arrives at their big old ho...
- The Witches of Worm
Here’s a spooky tale of mystery and witchcraft that always captures the imagination of young listeners. When Jessica finds a scrawny kitten,...
- Wringer
Palmer LaRue doesn’t want to be a “wringer.” But time is running out. Each day brings him closer to his 10th birthday. And all 10-year-old b...
- Shabanu
Following a tradition as old as the sands of the Cholistan Desert, 13-year-old Shabanu has been promised in marriage by next year’s rains. S...
- Abel’s Island
Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint—Abel, for short—is a rich and silly mouse. He spends most of his days just having fun, going to picnics with...
- The Noonday Friends
“You never can do anything except on weekends,” Simone complained. “How can people be friends only on weekends?” Stiffening, Franny said, “I...
- The Thief
Gen, the young thief, spends his time pacing restlessly in the king’s prison. Chains on his arms and legs don’t permit him to move very far....
- A Solitary Blue
Award-winning novelist for young adults, Cynthia Voigt creates this moving tale of a youngster discovering genuine family love. If Jeff is p...
- Esther’s Story
The beautiful young Esther has been chosen as queen by the king of Persia. Surrounded by servants, each day she wears gorgeous dresses and ...
- Dragon’s Gate
Based on the experiences of the Chinese who built the transcontinental railroad at the time of the American Civil War, Dragon’s Gate is the ...
- Across Five Aprils
Southern Illinois is a place of mixed emotions as the American Civil War erupts. For the Creightons, the war lures two sons to the Union arm...
- The Dark Is Rising
A Newbery Honor and Carnegie Medal Honor book, The Dark Is Rising begins an adventure for a boy who thought he was normal. On his 1...
- The House of the Scorpion
Matt Alacrán looks pretty much like any other child, but a closer examination
shows a key difference. Tattooed on Matt’s foot is an unmista...
- Scorpions
Twelve-year-old Jamal is in trouble at home, at school, and on the street. His big brother, the leader of the Harlem Scorpions, is in jail f...
- The Fledgling
Georgie can jump from her porch and float as high as the rooftop. So when a mysterious goose arrives at her window, she is ready to learn to...
- Al Capone Does My Shirts
Named a Children’s Book of the Month Selection and a Junior Library Guild Selection, Al Capone Does My Shirts is the story of 12-ye...
- The Voice that Challenged a Nation
Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book
Award, The Voice That Challenged a Nation is an inspiring
biography. In the 1930s, black...
- Rules
Rules, Cynthia Lord’s Newbery and ALA Award-winning
debut novel, is a tender look at the frustration, struggle,
devotion, and hop...
- An American Plague
Newbery Honor and Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor recipient Jim Murphy has
written numerous stories based on historical events, such as The Bo...
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Newbery Medal Winner
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- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Laura Amy Schlitz wrote the Newbery Medal winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! for the students at the school where she is a libraria...
- The Graveyard Book
Hugo and World Fantasy Award winner and New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman has written
children’s books, graphic novel...
- Trumpeter of Krakow
It is late July in 1461 when young Joseph Charnetski and his family arrive in the great city of Krakow, with its glorious church towers and ...
- Criss Cross
Fourteen year-old Debbie wishes on her necklace that something will happen to her—something exciting, and soon. At the same time, in another...
- Criss Cross
Fourteen year-old Debbie wishes on her necklace that something will happen to her—something exciting, and soon. At the same time, in another...
- Criss Cross
Fourteen year-old Debbie wishes on her necklace that something will happen to her—something exciting, and soon. At the same time, in another...
- Sounder
Sounder is the bittersweet tale of a man whose life is changed forever when he is caught stealing a ham to feed his starving family...
- Out of the Dust
Using evocative free verse, award-winning author Karen Hesse skilfully brings to life the agony and delight of the 1930s. A terrible acciden...
- Crispin
In the small, 14th-century English village where he has lived his entire life, the boy has grown up with no name of his own, known only as "...
- Julie of the Wolves
“Miyax had been lost without food for many sleeps on the North Slope of Alaska. The barren slope stretches for three hundred miles from the ...
- Joyful Noise
Grasshoppers, waterstriders, and fireflies light up the pages of this rib-tickling book of poetry for two voices. Written as spirited duets,...
- Roller Skates
It is the late 1890s, and young Lucinda’s parents are leaving New York City to spend a year in Italy. The 10-year-old girl is happy to stay ...
- Missing May
When no one wanted Summer, May and her husband took her into their home in the hills of West Virginia. Though others believed she was worthl...
- The Twenty-One Balloons
After years of teaching math to reluctant young students in San Francisco, Professor William Sherman Waterman wants a change. He plans a won...
- Jacob Have I Loved
Life on a small fishing island in the Chesapeake Bay sounds like a peaceful existence, but it isn’t for Sara Louise Bradshaw. She has spent ...
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
“Our island is like a dolphin lying on its side, with its tail pointing toward the sunrise, its nose pointing to the sunset, and its fins ma...
- Number the Stars
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen can recall a time when there were no German soldiers in Denmark, when you could walk down the streets withou...
- M.C. Higgins, the Great
“Two years ago bulldozers had come to make a cut at the top of Sarah’s Mountain. They began uprooting trees and pushing subsoil in a huge pi...
- A Gathering of Days
Thirteen-year-old Catherine Cabot Hall put ink to the first unblemished page of her diary on October 17, 1830, the day after her father retu...
- Rifles for Watie
With fighting erupting around his Kansas farm, 16-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey can hardly wait to join the Union forces. He wants to defe...
- The Whipping Boy
A poor orphan boy, Jemmy is plucked from the city sewers and given the worst job in th kingdom. Several times a day he is dragged from his r...
- Johnny Tremain
There was a purpose in what happened to Johnny Tremain, but he couldn’t see it at the time. Johnny had been Mr. Lapham’s star pupil, a cleve...
- The Slave Dancer
Paula Fox paints a sensitive and authentic portrait of the slave trade in this engrossing historical novel. Snatched from the docks of New O...
- Ginger Pye
Ten-year-old Jerry Pye wants a dog more than anything. And not just any dog. He has a puppy all picked out. But someone else wants him, too....
- The Summer of the Swans
This summer is turning out to be the most confusing time of 14-year-old Sara Godfrey’s life. Up until now, things have flowed as smoothly an...
- The Bronze Bow
As a young boy, 18-year-old Daniel witnessed his father’s crucifixion at the hands of the Romans. Consumed by hate, his one desire is to dri...
- Rabbit Hill
Little Georgie the Rabbit is the first to break the news on the Hill—new folks are coming to live in the big, empty house! All the animals w...
- King of the Wind
Generations of young readers continue to fall in love with Marguerite Henry’s “horse stories.” In one of her most famous, King of the Wind, ...
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
This delightfully imaginative tale is always a popular favorite among children. Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who lives in a garden, must move ...
- Bridge to Terabithia
All summer, Jess pushes himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, running mile after hilly mile on the family farm. When the year’s ...
- Call It Courage
Mafatu’s name means Stout Heart, but the people of Hikueru call him a coward. He fears the sea and the powerful Sea God Moana because years...
- The Callender Papers
“I looked over the edge of the ravine to see somebody there, helpless, barely moving. She lifted her head to look at me and I fled, stumblin...
- Dicey’s Song
You never knew where a road would end,
Dicey thought, the breeze curling around
her ears, you just knew what roads
ended. Not like wat...
- The Hero and the Crown
Uncertain of the past, Aerin-sol, daughter of King Arlbeth, decides to forge her own future by challenging the lashing tongues of the dragon...
- Caddie Woodlawn
No one would accuse eleven-year-old Caddie Woodlawn of being dainty and ladylike. In spite of her mother’s best efforts, Caddie is as wild a...
- Dear Mr. Henshaw
“Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wasn’t going to answer any more of your questions, but Mom won’t get the TV repaired because she says it was rotting my...
- The Midwife’s Apprentice
Lyrical yet unsentimental, The Midwife’s Apprentice won the coveted 1996 Newbery Medal. Filled with striking characters, it paints unforgett...
- Jacob Have I Loved
Life on a small fishing island in the Chesapeake Bay sounds like a peaceful existence, but it isn’t for Sara Louise Bradshaw. She has spent ...
- The Westing Game
As Samuel G. Westing’s 16 heirs gather for the reading of his will, they are elated to find that one of them stands to inherit a cool $200 m...
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Coretta Scott King Award Winner
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- Forged by Fire
Gerald is only three years old when his mama leaves him alone in the house while she visits her drug dealer. He finds the hot thing she uses...
- Heaven
Heaven is the perfect name for the small Ohio town where 14-year-old Marley lives. Or at least she thought so until the fateful day when the...
- Fallen Angels
With starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist and Kirkus
Reviews, this moving novel by acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers is a...
- Day of Tears
As did his father before him, Pierce Butler treats his plantation slaves like family. But massive gambling debts force him to sell 429 “fami...
- Copper Sun
Fifteen-year-old Amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote African village. She endures countless humiliati...
- Bronx Masquerade
Acclaimed poet, novelist, journalist, and educator Nikki Grimes was born and raised in New York City. Each of the 18 kids in Mr. Ward’s inne...
- Bud Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper ton...
- Let the Circle be Unbroken
This distinguished sequel to the Newbery Award-winning book Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry was nominated for a National Book Award an...
- The Road to Memphis
The Road to Memphis is the third book in the powerful Logan family saga. In 1941, seventeen-year-old Cassie Logan is dreaming of college and...
- Slam!
Greg “Slam” Harris can play basketball, period. On the court, he’s almost unstoppable. As he says, “I can hoop. Case closed.” But off the co...
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Coretta Scott King Honor Book
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- I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This
Lena is used to being a loner. But this time it’s different. This time she’s a white outsider in a black community. Hoping to make a friend ...
- The Legend of Buddy Bush
Square, North Carolina. When her uncle, Buddy Bush moves
back home from Harlem, it seems like a breath of northern
freedom has come with h...
- Locomotion
Eleven-year-old Lonnie Collins Motion has no way to express the hopelessness he feels about his life. Then his teacher gives Lonnie a wonder...
- The Road to Paris
Popular author Nikki Grimes won the Coretta Scott
King Award for Bronx Masquerade. When Paris’
mother snaps again, beloved brothe...
- Tales of Uncle Remus
It seems animals are like people in many ways--they just can’t get along with one another. And Brer Rabbit has the most trouble of all. Mayb...
- Thunder Rose
Born during a storm, the first thing Rose MacGruder does is grab a bolt of lightning and roll it into a ball. Soon she is staking fences, dr...
- Francie
Whenever she gets a break from her endless chores, 12-year-old Francie Weaver heads to a hilltop where she can wave at the train that will s...
- Monster
Steve Harmon is 16-years-old. He’s a good student, who’s shown promise in his film-making class. He has a stable and loving family. And he’s...
- The Battle of Jericho
At Douglass High School, the Warriors of Distinction throw the best parties, go out
with the hottest girls, and breeze through their classe...
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