Newbery Medal Winners The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Visit the official Newbery Medal Home Page for more information. 2024 Winner The Eyes and the Impossible, by Dave Eggers Honor Books Eagle Drums, by Nasug?raq Rainey Hopson Elf Dog and Owl Head, by M.T. Anderson Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir, by Pedro Marti´n Simon Sort of Says, by Erin Bow The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, by Daniel Nayeri 2023 Winner Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson Honor Books Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee 2022 Winner The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Honor Books Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Watercress by Andrea Wang 2021 Winner When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller Honor Books All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat 2020 Winner New Kid, written and illustrated by Jerry Craft Honor Books The Undefeated, written by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Scary Stories for Young Foxes, written by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu Other Words for Home, written by Jasmine Warga Genesis Begins Again, written by Alicia D. Williams 2019 Winner Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina Honor Books The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr 2018 Winner Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly Honor Books Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, written by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds Piecing Me Together, by Renée Watson 2017 Winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Honor Books Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 2016 Winner Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Peña Honor Books The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2015 Winner The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Honor Books El Deafo by Cece Bell Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson 2014 Winner Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo Honor Books Doll Bones by Holly Black The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes One Came Home by Amy Timberlake Paperboy by Vince Vawter 2013 Winner The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Honor Books Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage 2012 Winner Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos Honor Books Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin 2011 Winner Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Honor Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm 2010 Winner When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Honor Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. Hoose The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick 2009 Winner The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Honor The Underneath by Kathi Appelt The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle Savvy by Ingrid Law After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson 2008 Winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz Honor Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson 2007 Winner The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron Honor Penny from Heaven by Jennifer Holm Rules by Cynthia Lord 2006 Winner Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins Honor Whittington by Alan Armstrong Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson 2005 Winner Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata Honor Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt The Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman 2004 Winner The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Honor Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy 2003 Winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi Honor The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot by Carl Hiaasen A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin 2002 Winner A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park Honor Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson 2001 Winner A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck Honor Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos The Wanderer by Sharon Creech 2000 Winner Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Honor Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm 1999 Winner Holes by Louis Sachar 1998 Winner Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 1997 Winner The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg 1996 Winner The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 1995 Winner Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 1994 Winner The Giver by Lois Lowry 1993 Winner Missing May by Cynthia Rylant 1992 Winner Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991 Winner Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1990 Winner Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 1989 Winner Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman 1988 Winner Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman 1987 Winner The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman 1986 Winner Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 1985 Winner The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley 1984 Winner Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 1983 Winner Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt 1982 Winner A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard 1981 Winner Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson 1980 Winner A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos 1979 Winner The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 1978 Winner Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 1977 Winner Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor 1976 Winner The Grey King by Susan Cooper 1975 Winner M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton 1974 Winner The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox 1973 Winner Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 1972 Winner Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien 1971 Winner Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 1970 Winner Sounder by William H. Armstrong 1969 Winner The High King by Lloyd Alexander 1968 Winner From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 1967 Winner Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt 1966 Winner I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 1965 Winner Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska 1964 Winner It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville 1963 Winner A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 1962 Winner The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare 1961 Winner Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 1960 Winner Onion John by Joseph Krumgold 1959 Winner The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 1958 Winner Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith 1957 Winner Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson 1956 Winner Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham 1955 Winner The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong 1953 Winner Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark 1952 Winner Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes 1951 Winner Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates 1950 Winner The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli 1949 Winner King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 1948 Winner The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois 1947 Winner Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1946 Winner Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski 1944 Winner Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 1942 Winner The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds 1941 Winner Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry 1940 Winner Daniel Boone by James Daugherty 1939 Winner Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright 1938 Winner The White Stag by Kate Seredy 1937 Winner Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer 1936 Winner Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 Winner Dobry by Monica Shannon 1934 Winner Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs 1932 Winner Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer 1931 Winner The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth 1930 Winner Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field 1929 Winner The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly 1928 Winner Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1927 Winner Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James 1926 Winner Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1924 Winner The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes 1923 Winner The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting 1922 Winner The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon