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Newbery List

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. This is a complete list of Newbery medal and honor books from 1922 to present.

2013
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate HarperCollins
Honor Books Splendors and Glooms Laura Amy Schlitz Candlewick Press
Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Steve Sheinkin Flash Point/Roaring Brook
Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage Dial/Penguin
2012
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner Dead End in Norvelt Jack Gantos Farrar Straus Giroux
Honor Books Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai HarperCollins
Breaking Stalin's Nose Eugene Yelchin Henry Holt
2011
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner Moon over Manifest Clare Vanderpool Delacorte Press
Honor Books Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm Random House
Heart of a Samurai Margi Preus Amulet Books
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night Joyce Sidman Rick Allen Houghton Mifflin Books
One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia Amistad
2010
Book Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Medal Winner When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead Wendy Lamb Books
Honor Books Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Melanie Kroupa Books
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Jacqueline Kelly Henry Holt
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin Little, Brown and Company
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Rodman Philbrick The Blue Sky Press