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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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A single shard
2002 WINNER. Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Park, Linda Sue.
J PARK
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A year down yonder
2001 WINNER. During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Peck, Richard, 1934-
J PECK
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Bud, not Buddy
2000 WINNER. Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
J CURTIS
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Holes
1999 WINNER. As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
TEEN SACHAR
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Out of the dust
1998 WINNER. In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
Hesse, Karen.
J HESSE
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The view from Saturday
1997 WINNER. Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who choses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
Konigsburg, E. L.
J KONIGSB
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The midwife's apprentice
1996 WINNER. In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
Cushman, Karen.
TEEN CUSHMAN
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Walk two moons
1995 WINNER. After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Creech, Sharon.
J CREECH
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The giver
1994 WINNER. Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Lowry, Lois.
TEEN LOWRY
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Missing May
1993 WINNER. After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
Rylant, Cynthia.
J RYLANT
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