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Newbery Medal Winners


About the Newbery Medal

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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. See the ALA Newbery Medal website for more information about the award and past winners.

2009 Winner

The Graveyard Book book cover
Author:  written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
Title:  The Graveyard Book

Nobody Owens, or Bod as he is known, is raised in a sprawling graveyard and educated by a colorful assortment of ghosts. His mysterious guardian, Silas, belongs neither to the world of the living or the dead, and sometimes leaves Bod to the care of Miss Lupsecu, a terrible cook but loyal friend. Bod's many adventures span being kidnapped by ghouls, attending a school for living children, and learning to haunt and fade. Threaded through the tale is the threat of the man Jack returning to finish his attempt to kill Bod's entire family.

 

2009 Honor Books

The Underneath book cover
Author:  written by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
Title:  The Underneath

An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.

 

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom book cover
Author:  Margarita Engle
Title:  The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.

 

Savvy book cover
Author:  Ingrid Law
Title:  Savvy

Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"—a magical power unique to each member of her family—just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

 

After Tupac and D Foster book cover
Author:  Jacqueline Woodson
Title:  After Tupac and D Foster

In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.

 

 
   
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