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AWARD WINNERS: Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
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The one and only Ivan
2013 WINNER. When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Applegate, Katherine.
J APPLEGA
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Dead end in Norvelt
2012 WINNER. In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Gantos, Jack.
TEEN GANTOS
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Moon over Manifest
2011 WINNER. Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up, and where she hopes to find out some things about his past.
Vanderpool, Clare.
J VANDERP
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When you reach me
2010 WINNER. Travel through time and space in New York City with a twelve-year-old girl trying to decode a series of mysterious notes.
Stead, Rebecca.
J STEAD
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The graveyard book
2009 WINNER. Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Gaiman, Neil.
TEEN GAIMAN
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Good masters! Sweet Ladies! : voices from a medieval village
2008 WINNER. Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating 22 unforgettable characters. Inspired by an illuminated poem from 13th-century Germany, this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
Schlitz, Laura Amy.
J SCHLITZ
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The higher power of Lucky
2007 WINNER. Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
Patron, Susan.
J PATRON
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Kira-kira
2005 WINNER. Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
Kadohata, Cynthia.
TEEN KADOHAT
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The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
2004 WINNER. The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
DiCamillo, Kate.
J DICAMIL
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Crispin : the cross of lead
2003 WINNER. Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
Avi, 1937-
J AVI
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