Newbery Medal Winners

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Winners

	The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers 4.26 avg rating — 5,560 ratings Newbery Medal (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson 4.18 avg rating — 4,018 ratings Newbery Medal (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 20,972 ratings Newbery Medal (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 17,562 ratings Newbery Medal (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Kid (New Kid, #1) by Jerry Craft (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 55,906 ratings Newbery Medal (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 8,025 ratings Newbery Medal (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 22,685 ratings Newbery Medal (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 98,838 ratings Newbery Medal (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 17,428 ratings Newbery Medal (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 4.24 avg rating — 60,298 ratings Newbery Medal (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 50,154 ratings Newbery Medal (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only Ivan #1) by Katherine Applegate 4.27 avg rating — 187,293 ratings Newbery Medal (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt, 1) by Jack Gantos (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 21,380 ratings Newbery Medal (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool 4.04 avg rating — 34,486 ratings Newbery Medal (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 4.08 avg rating — 110,522 ratings Newbery Medal (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 539,578 ratings Newbery Medal (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz 3.66 avg rating — 8,460 ratings Newbery Medal (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1) by Susan Patron 3.58 avg rating — 13,424 ratings Newbery Medal (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins 3.36 avg rating — 8,937 ratings Newbery Medal (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata 3.96 avg rating — 26,822 ratings Newbery Medal (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 199,487 ratings Newbery Medal (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1) by Avi 3.65 avg rating — 26,591 ratings Newbery Medal (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 3.94 avg rating — 40,458 ratings Newbery Medal (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2) by Richard Peck 4.13 avg rating — 29,916 ratings Newbery Medal (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 3.97 avg rating — 110,324 ratings Newbery Medal (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holes (Holes, #1) by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,202,493 ratings Newbery Medal (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 3.77 avg rating — 76,611 ratings Newbery Medal (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg 3.76 avg rating — 45,941 ratings Newbery Medal (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 42,429 ratings Newbery Medal (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 3.99 avg rating — 167,741 ratings Newbery Medal (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars