Newbery Medal Winners

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Winners

	New Kid (New Kid, #1) by Jerry Craft (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 27,046 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) 4.22 avg rating — 5,188 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 — 14,552 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) 4.11 avg rating — 50,786 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 Pena (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 11,857 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 4.27 avg rating — 40,654 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) 3.89 avg rating — 37,951 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 4.24 avg rating — 133,081 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) 3.73 avg rating — 18,927 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 — 29,786 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 — 87,140 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) 4.14 avg rating — 427,557 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 3.65 avg rating — 7,870 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 — 12,804 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 3.34 avg rating — 8,404 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 3.92 avg rating — 22,789 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) 4.04 avg rating — 158,544 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 3.62 avg rating — 22,781 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 3.90 avg rating — 34,974 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 4.12 avg rating — 27,771 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 3.94 avg rating — 95,153 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) 3.97 avg rating — 952,513 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 — 67,473 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 3.75 avg rating — 42,761 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) 3.72 avg rating — 37,920 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 3.97 avg rating — 149,033 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 — 1,747,730 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 3.79 avg rating — 12,250 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
	Shiloh (Shiloh, #1) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3.94 avg rating — 73,782 ratings Newbery Medal (1992)	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
	Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 3.88 avg rating — 115,483 ratings Newbery Medal (1991)	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