Newbery Medal Winners

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Winners

	The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 10,121 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) 4.16 avg rating — 13,699 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) 4.19 avg rating — 47,880 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) 4.21 avg rating — 7,304 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) 3.95 avg rating — 20,018 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) 4.13 avg rating — 81,735 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) 4.29 avg rating — 16,180 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 4.26 avg rating — 53,119 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 — 47,188 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 by Katherine Applegate 4.27 avg rating — 168,300 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 by Jack Gantos (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 20,720 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 4.03 avg rating — 33,050 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 — 104,502 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) 4.15 avg rating — 499,336 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 — 8,217 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 — 13,199 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 — 8,791 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 3.95 avg rating — 25,414 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) 4.05 avg rating — 185,130 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 3.63 avg rating — 25,294 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 3.93 avg rating — 38,602 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 — 29,112 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 3.96 avg rating — 105,592 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) 3.99 avg rating — 1,111,096 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 3.76 avg rating — 73,864 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 — 45,234 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 — 41,401 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 3.98 avg rating — 162,111 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
	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 2,192,265 ratings Newbery Medal (1994)	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
	Missing May by Cynthia Rylant 3.80 avg rating — 12,753 ratings Newbery Medal (1993)	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