1. Newbery Medal Winners 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.

2. Flora & Ulyses Kate DiCamillo Newbery Medal 2014 Flora, obsessed with superhero comics, immediately recognizes and gives her wholehearted support to a squirrel that, after a near-fatal brush with a vacuum cleaner, develops the ability to fly and type poetry. The 10-year-old hides her new friend from the certain disapproval of her self-absorbed, romance-writer mother, but it is on the woman's typewriter that Ulysses pours out his creations.

3. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate Newbery Medal 2013 Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.

4. This is a very funny story (not that common for Newbery winners) about two months in the life of a kid named Jack Gantos, who accidentally fired a live bullet from his dad's Japanese sniper's rifle. Jack's plans for a vacation are changed when he is "grounded for life" by his parents. But in spite of nose bleeds at every turn, there are plenty of surprises and excitement when his mum 'loans' him to help a feisty old neighbour with an unusual job, typewriting obituaries about the people who founded his town, New Deal. At its core the book is very much about the importance of story and history and the challenges of growing up. Dead End in Norvelt Jack Gantos Newbery Medal 2012

5. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Newbery Medal 2011 Set in Manifest, KS, in 1936 with Abilene Tucker, 12, the feisty, likable, and perceptive narrator who is there to live with Pastor Shady Howard, her father's friend, while her father works on the railroad back in Iowa. An equally important story set during World War I is artfully intertwined. Since her mother went off on her own 10 years earlier, Abilene and Gideon have been alone. The mystery about Manifest and Gideon unfolds after Abilene finds a box filled with intriguing keepsakes. It includes a letter dated 1917 to someone named Jinx from Ned Gillen that has a warning, “THE RATTLER is watching.” This starts Abilene, with the help of new friends Ruthanne and Lettie, on a search to learn the identity of the pair. Though the girl is lonely, she adjusts to her new life, feeling sure that her father will come for her at summer's end. The Ku Klux Klan and its campaign against the many immigrants working in the coal mines and the deplorable conditions and exploitation of these men provide important background.

6. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Newbery Medal 2010 Miranda (12) is the latchkey kid of a single mother law school dropout in late 1970s Manhattan. After reading A Wrinkle in Time, Miranda is obsessed with time travel, and receives mysterious notes which accurately predict the future. Over the course of her 6th grade year, Miranda describes the three important themes in her life: her mother’s upcoming appearance on The $20,000 Pyramid, the sudden end of her lifelong friendship with her neighbor Sal, and the appearance of a deranged homeless man.A Wrinkle in Time

7. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Newbery Medal 2009 When a murderer kills the rest of his family, the toddler escapes to the graveyard next door where the ghosts take him in and raise him as their own. The boy, called Bod (short for Nobody) grows up fairly normal despite his ghoulish guardians and the fact that the killer is still stalking him. This gothic fantasy is downright terrifying at times.

8. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz Newbery Medal 2008 Written to be performed by a classroom of students, these 23 short monologues in prose and verse bring to life an English village in 1255.

9. The Higher Power of Lucky The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron Newbery Medal 2007 Lucky (10) lives in a small town in the middle of the California desert with her French guardian, who has been caring for her since her mother died two years ago. Fearing that her guardian will leave her and return to France, Lucky stocks her survival backpack and searches for her Higher Power.

10. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins Newbery Medal 2006 Two 14-year old narrators tell their story in prose, poems, and question-and-answer sessions. Debbie wishes something would happen so that she can become a different person; Hector feels unfinished. (Sequel to All Alone in the Universe) All Alone in the Universe

11. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata Newbery Medal 2005 In the 1950s, when Katie is five, her family moves from Iowa to Georgia, where there are few Japanese-Americans. Katie’s older sister Lynn takes care of her while their parents work long hours in the chicken- processing plant. Their roles reverse when Lynn develops lymphoma. Through the illness and Lynn’s death, Katie struggles to remember her sister as kira-kira, glittering and shining.

12. The Tale of Despereaux The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Newbery Medal 2004 When Despereaux is born within the walls of the castle, he is such tiny mouse with such huge ears that his parents fear he won’t live long. Despereaux falls in love with the beautiful human Princess Pea and is banished to the dungeon. Chiaroscuro is a rat who hates the dark dungeon and longs to live in the light above. Miggery Sow is a peasant servant who dreams of wearing a princess crown herself.

13. Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi Newbery Medal 2003 Set in 14th century England, Crispin is a 13-year-old illiterate peasant who flees his village after being accused of a crime he did not commit on the day of his mother’s death. He hopes that the words on his mother’s lead cross will provide a clue to his unknown father. He falls in with Bear, a huge traveling juggler, and their relationship is the heart of the book.

14. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park Newbery Medal 2002 In a potter’s village in 12th century Korea, the orphan Tree Ear is raised by a lame straw weaver. One day Tree Ear breaks a piece of Min’s pottery and pays his debt by working for the potter and dreaming of making beautiful pots himself. Tree Ear is sent by Min to the king’s court, carrying an example of Min’s new celadon ware. After robbers shatter the pot, Tree Ear continues the dangerous journey, now carrying only one precious single shard.

15. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck Newbery Medal 2001 It’s 1937 and Mary Alice (15) is banished from Chicago to spend a year with Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois while her parents struggle to make ends meet and her brother Joey heads west with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Mary Alice knows it won’t be easy being the new city kid in a country school, especially with an outrageous relative like Grandma. (sequel to A Long Way to Chicago)A Long Way to Chicago

16. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Newbery Medal 2000 Bud is a 10-year-old orphan in Depression- era Michigan. He runs away to Grand Rapids, searching for the man he believes might be his father, jazz musician Herman E. Calloway. Along the way Bud has all sorts of exciting adventures, narrated in his own authentic and often hilarious voice. Calloway is less than thrilled to meet Bud, but the other members of his band make Bud feel at home.

17. Holes by Louis Sachar Newbery Medal 1999 Stanley Yelnats has been sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility in the desert. Each day the boys are required to did a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter, and then fill it in again. Stanley suspects that this is not a character-building exercise—the warden is searching for something.

18. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Newbery Medal 1998 Billie Jo (14) records the grim realities of living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression. In her free verse journal, she reveals her mother’s death and her own burns in a fire and her father’s grief. Billie Jo’s hope for a better future shines through all the pain and struggle to survive.

19. The View From Saturday The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg Newbery Medal 1997 Four brilliant but shy 12-year-olds meet every Saturday for tea and preparation for their Academic Bowl competitions. First person narrations from each character reveal their offbeat personalities and the characteristics that help their individual differences unite into a cohesive whole..

20. The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman Newbery Medal 1996 In medieval England, a young girl rises from dire poverty by becoming the apprentice to Jane Sharp, a cranky and bossy midwife. First known as Beetle, since she was found living in a dung heap, the girl struggles to learn the skills of her new profession. As she grows in knowledge and self-confidence, the girl finally respects herself enough to choose a real name: Alyce.

21. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Newbery Medal 1995 Salamanca Tree Hiddle’s mother leaves home on a spiritual quests, but promises to return. She doesn’t, and Sal and her father move from Kentucky to Idaho. Her new friend Phoebe is also 13 and also has a mother who vanished. Sal convinces her grandparents to drive to Idaho in search of her mother while telling the story of Phoebe. Sal’s journey through the grieving process of denial, anger, and acceptance is presented realistically and with compassion.

22. The Giver The Giver by Lois Lowry Newbery Medal 1994 Jonas lives in an ideal world with no pain, poverty, unemployment, or unhappiness. The Elders arrange marriages, assign careers, control sexual and aggressive impulses with drugs, and manage the “release” of the old and the weak. At age 12, Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories and is trained by an old man known as the Giver to finally understand that their utopian world is maintained by the loss of free will and humanity.

23. Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Newbery Medal 1993 When Summer’s foster mother Aunt May dies suddenly she is overcome with grief. But her foster father Uncle Ob is so sorrowful that Summer fears he will not be able to go on living without May. In a quest to find closure, Summer, Ob, and Cletus, a classmate of Summer’s, search for a spiritualist who may be able to communicate with May. They can’t find the spiritualist, but somehow the quest helps them to heal.

24. Shiloh Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Newbery Medal 1992 Marty Preston (11) rescues a mistreated beagle pup. He knows the pup should be returned to its owner, but fears it will be abused. So he hides it from his parents and then has to steal food to feed it. Marty’s struggles to do the right thing form the heart of this heartwarming story.

25. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Newbery Medal 1991 After being orphaned as a baby, Jerry Magee is brought up by his aunt and uncle, who fight all the time. He runs away at age eight to Two Mills, Pennsylvania and becomes a folk hero—Maniac Magee, the boy who can outrun any dog, hit any pitch, untie any knot. He is taken in by a black family but that causes problems in the racially divided town. Maniac keeps searching for the perfect family and eventually helps the town bridge the gap between racial and cultural differences.

26. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Newbery Medal 1990 It’s 1943 in Nazi-occupied Denmark, and the Jews are about to be rounded up and sent to the death camps. Annemarie Johannesen’s best friend Ellen Rosen is Jewish. The Johannesen family helps Ellen’s parents go into hiding and take Ellen into their own home, pretending she is part of their family. Narrated by 10-year-old Annemarie, this book vividly portrays the Nazi threat and the courage it takes to help friends while possibly endangering your own family. This moving and suspenseful book is based on true events.

27. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman Newbery Medal 1989 These poems about insects are designed to be read aloud by two voices, bring the words to life. Eric Beddows’s black-and-white drawings echo the realism and fanciful nature of the poems.

28. Lincoln: A Photobiography Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman Newbery Medal 1988 This comprehensive and accessible biography of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by period photographs and drawings.

29. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman Newbery Medal 1987 Jemmy is an orphan whose job is to take the whippings for Prince Brat since it is forbidden to punish the royal heir. When Brat decides to see life outside the castle, he forces Jemmy to come with him, and Jemmy is accused of kidnapping the prince. The boys are captured by Hold-Your-Nose Billy, a notorious outlaw, and Jemmy must use all his cleverness to keep them both alive in this funny and adventurous book.

30. Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan Newbery Medal 1986 In the late 19th century, a widowed midwestern farmer with two children, Anna and Caleb, advertises for a wife. Sarah responds, saying that she is plain and tall. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, and especially for her beloved ocean. The children fear she will not stay. Narrated by Anna, this short book gently explores abandonment, loss, and love.

31. The Hero and the Crown by Robin Mckinley Newbery Medal 1985 Aerin is the only child of the king of Damar, but since she is the daughter of a witchwoman the Damarians do not trust her. Outcast by her own people, Aerin slowly begins to trust in her own developing strengths. With the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword she battles Maur, the Black Dragon to win her birthright.

32. Dear Mr. Henshaw Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Newbery Medal 1984 Leigh begins writing to Mr. Henshaw, an author, when he is in 2nd grade as a school assignment. Leigh is lonely and unhappy. He’s the new kid in town with recently divorced parents, his lunch is stolen every day, and he doesn’t even have a dog. Mr. Henshaw writes back and encourages Leigh to keep a journal to express his feelings. This outlet allows Leigh to slowly develop confidence in himself. The reader will enjoy watching Leigh’s writing improve over the four years covered in the book.

33. Dicey’s Song Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt Newbery Medal 1983 Dicey (13) and her three siblings are living on a farm with her grandmother. Their father deserted the family, and their mother is in a mental institution. Used to being the main support for her siblings, Dicey must get used to the fact that they don’t need her in the same way. All of the children must adjust to a new school and a new life with Gram, who is fiercely independent. (sequel to Homecoming) Homecoming

34. A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard Newbery Medal 1982 In this fanciful book of poems, William Blake runs an inn populated with guests and staff from his famous poems. Imaginative illustrations by Martin Provensen complement the catchy poems.

35. Jacob Have I Loved Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson Newbery Medal 1981 Growing up on Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, Louise knows that she is hated, like Esau from the Bible, while her twin sister Caroline, like Jacob, is the one everyone loves. While the family pampers the beautiful and gifted Caroline, lonely and miserable Louise learns the way of the watermen from old Captain Wallace. Eventually Louise learns that she has her own strengths.

36. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos Newbery Medal 1980 This novel is written in the form of a diary kept for a year by Catherine Cabot Hill, a 13- year-old girl in New Hampshire. Catherine’s mother has died, and she must keep house for her father and younger sister. During the year, Catherine undergoes school discipline, encounters runaway slaves, loses a friend, and faces new relationships when her father remarries a woman with children of her own.

37. Sixteen individuals who are mysteriously chosen to live in the Sunset Towers apartment building on the shore of Lake Michigan come together to hear the will of the self-made millionaire, Sam Westing. The will takes the form of a puzzle, dividing the sixteen "heirs" into eight pairs, giving each pair a different set of clues, and challenging the heirs to solve the mystery of which of them killed Sam Westing. As an incentive, each heir is given $10,000 to play the game. Whoever solves the mystery will inherit Sam Westing's 200 million dollar fortune and fame. The Westing Game By Ellen RaskinEllen Raskin Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1979

38. Bridge to Terabithia By Katherine PatersonKatherine Paterson Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1978 Bridge to Terabithia is the story of fifth grader Jess Aarons, who becomes friends with his new neighbor Leslie Burke after he loses a footrace to her at school. Leslie is a smart, talented, outgoing tomboy, and Jess thinks highly of her. He himself is an artistic boy who, in the beginning of the novel, is fearful, angry, and depressed. After meeting Leslie, Jess is transformed. He becomes courageous and learns to let go of his frustration.Jess AaronsLeslie Burketomboy

39. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry By Mildred D. TaylorMildred D. Taylor Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1977 This novel explores life in Depression-era Mississippi as lived by an African-American family, the Logans. The Logans are fortunate; they own their own land in a time and place when many--black and white--are living as sharecroppers on various plantations and racially- motivated crimes are common. The 'Berry Burnings' mentioned in chapter 1 and Mr Tatum who was tarred and feathered in chapter 4 are prime examples of lynch mobs and nightmen taking the law into their own hands, at the expense of the black population.tarred and featheredlynch mobsnightmen The novel focuses on the importance of owning land and the effects of racism. Focusing on Cassie Logan, (the narrator) the story also is a "coming of age" story as Cassie learns 'the way things are'. narrator

40. The Grey King by Susan CooperSusan Cooper Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1976 While recovering from hepatitis, Will Stanton is sent to a farm in Wales where he is soon caught up in the battle against "the Dark." He struggles to recall the prophetic lines he once memorized and gradually, as he learns the local place names of the geographic features around him, the meaning of the lines becomes clear to him. Through Bran, a young boy with mysterious origins who becomes Will's friend, Will fulfills the prophecies and once again defeats the Dark. This is the fourth book of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series.

41. M. C. Higgins, the Great By Virginia HamiltonVirginia Hamilton Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1975 It is a coming of age novel; it covers three eventful days in the life of teenager Mayo Cornelius Higgins. Its setting is in the Appalachian mountains on Sarah's Mountain, a fictional mountain in Kentucky near the Ohio River that is being encroached upon by a mining company. The book highlights the strange almost surreal customs of the hill people, including their traditions of song and superstition. At its core is the reconciliation M.C. must make between tradition and change.coming of age Appalachian mountainsKentucky Ohio River

42. The Slave Dancer by Paula FoxPaula Fox Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1974 One day, thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier is earning pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans; the next, he is kidnapped and thrown aboard a slave ship, where his job is to provide music while shackled slaves "dance" to keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable. As the endless voyage continues, Jessie grows increasingly sickened by the greed, brutality, and inhumanity of the slave trade, but nothing prepares him for the ultimate horror he will witness before his nightmare ends -- a horror that will change his life forever.

43. Julie of the Wolves By Jean Craighead George,Jean Craighead George Newbery Medal 1973 To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When her life in the village becomes dangerous, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness. Without food and time running out, Miyax tries to survive by copying the ways of a pack of wolves. Accepted by their leader and befriended by a feisty pup named Kapu, she soon grows to love her new wolf family. Life in the wilderness is a struggle, but when she finds her way back to civilization, Miyax is torn between her old a new lives. Is she Miyax of the Eskimos -- or Julie of the wolves?

44. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH By Robert C. O'BrienRobert C. O'Brien Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1972 There's something very strange about the rats living under the rosebush at the Fitzgibbon farm. But Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with a sick child, is in dire straits and must turn to these exceptional creatures for assistance. Soon she finds herself flying on the back of a crow, slipping sleeping powder into a ferocious cat's dinner dish, and helping 108 brilliant, laboratory-enhanced rats escape to a utopian civilization of their own design, no longer to live "on the edge of somebody else's, like fleas on a dog's back.“

45. Summer of the Swans By Betsy ByarsBetsy Byars Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1971 Sara's life is turned upside down when her mentally retarded brother disappears. Her brother Charlie loves to go to the lake and watch the swans. Late one night he gets out of bed to follow them and becomes lost in the dark. What follows is a desperate search for the young boy and an unexpected friendship.

46. Sounder by William H. ArmstrongWilliam H. Armstrong Newbery Medal 1970 Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South. The boy's father is a sharecropper, struggling to feed his family in hard times. Night after night, he and his great coon dog, Sounder, return to the cabin empty-handed. Then, one morning, almost like a miracle, a sweet- smelling ham is cooking in the family's kitchen. At last the family will have a good meal. But that night, an angry sheriff and his deputies come, and the boy's life will never be the same.

47. The High King by Lloyd AlexanderLloyd Alexander Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1969 The High King is the last book in the Chronicles of Prydain fantasy series of books by Lloyd Alexander. Taran and the Companions join the rest of Prydain in a final struggle to defeat Arawn at great cost.Chronicles of Prydain fantasyLloyd Alexander

48. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler I By E. L. KonigsburgE. L. Konigsburg Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1968 When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn’t just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere — to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing her younger brother Jamie has money and thus can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along. Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at auction for a bargain price of $225. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master, Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn’t it? Claudia is determined to find out. Her quest leads her to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.

49. Up a Road Slowly By Irene HuntIrene Hunt Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1967 When seven-year-old Julie's mother dies, she is sent to live with her Aunt Cordelia. Cordelia is an unmarried schoolteacher, and lives in a large home several miles outside town. Her brother Haskell lives in a converted carriage house behind the main house. Haskell is an alcoholic, with, like his niece, aspirations to be a writer, although he never manages to produce a manuscript. At first, Aunt Cordelia appears stern and strict to the grief-stricken Julie, but as she grows to young adulthood, Julie comes to love her, and to see her aunt's house as home. She becomes so attached to Aunt Cordelia that even when she has the chance to move back with her father, she declines.

50. I, Juan de Pareja By Elizabeth Borton de TreviñoElizabeth Borton de Treviño Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1966 Novel based on the true story of the slave, Juan de Pareja, who was willed to Velazquez and whose relationship with the great Spanish painter evolved into one of friendship and equality.

51. Shadow of a Bull By Maia WojciechowskaMaia Wojciechowska Newbery MedalNewbery Medal 1965 Manolo was the son of the great bullfighter Joan Olivar. Ever since his father's death the town of Arcangel has waited for when Manolo would be twelve and face his first bull.

52. It’s Like This, Cat By Emily Cheney Neville Newbery Medal 1964 Dave Mitchell and his father yell at each other a lot, and whenever the fighting starts, Dave's mother gets an asthma attack. That's when Dave storms out of the house. Then Dave meets Tom, a strange boy who helps him rescue Cat. It isn't long before Cat introduces Dave to Mary, a wonderful girl from Coney Island. Slowly Dave comes to see the complexities in people's lives and to understand himself and his family a little better.

53. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Newbery Medal 1963 Meg's father mysteriously disappears after experimenting with the fifth dimension of time travel. Determined to rescue him, Meg and her friends must outwit the forces of evil on a heart-stopping journey through space and time.

54. The Bronze Bow By Elizabeth George Spears Newbery Medal 1962 A boy’s hatred of the Roman soldiers occupying Israel changes after he meets Jesus. A vivid picture of the various political forces active during the period.

55. Island of the Blue Dolphins By Scott O’Dell Newbery Medal 1961 In the early 1800s, a young Indian girl is left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California. She lives on her own with no other human companionship for 18 years. She is not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

56. Island of the Blue Dolphins By Scott O’Dell Newbery Medal 1961 In the early 1800s, a young Indian girl is left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California. She lives on her own with no other human companionship for 18 years. She is not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

57. Onion John By Joseph Krumgold Newbery Medal 1960 The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by the good intentions of the townspeople.

58. The Witch of Blackbird Pond By Elizabeth George Spear Newbery Medal 1959 When Kit is orphaned, she leaves her life in Barbados to live in Connecticut with her Puritan relatives. Kit finds it hard to adjust to the different lifestyle, but it is her friendship with an old Quaker woman (the suspected, but innocent, “witch” of Blackbird Pond) that gets her into the most trouble.

59. Rifles for Watie By Harold Keith Newbery Medal 1958 In the Indian country south of Kansas there was dread in the air; and the name, Stand Watie, was on every tongue. A hero to the rebel, a devil to the Union man, Stand Watie led the Cherokee Indian Na-tion fearlessly and successfully on savage raids behind the Union lines. Jeff came to know the Watie men only too well.

60. Miracles on Maple Hill By Virginia Sorensen Newbery Medal 1957 When Marly's father comes back from World War II a different man, the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill, where miracles begin to happen.

61. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch By Jean Lee Latham Newbery Medal 1956 The story of 18th-century mathematical wizard Nathaniel Bowditch, whose determination to master sea navigation resulted in "The American Practical Navigator."

62. The Wheel on the School By Meindert DeJong Newbery Medal 1955 Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true.

63. … and now Miguel By Joseph Krumgold Newbery Medal 1954 Miguel, the middle child of the Chavez family, lives near Taos, New Mexico, and longs to go with the men of his family to the Sangre de Christo Mountains.

64. Secret of the Andes By Ann Nolan Clark Newbery Medal 1953 The story of an Incan boy who lives in a hidden valley high in the mountains of Peru with old Chuto the llama herder. Unknown to Cusi, he is of royal blood and is the 'chosen one.'

65. Ginger Pye By Eleanor Estes Newbery Medal 1952 Ginger Pye steals everyone's heart in the Pye family, especially the hearts of Jerry Pye and his sister Rachel. But then, someone steals Ginger!

66. Amos Fortune, Free Man By Elizabeth Yates Newbery Medal 1951 Amos Fortune was born the son of an African king. In 1725, when he was 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders, brought to America and sold at auction. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. At 60, he began to see those dreams come true.

67. The Door in the Wall By Marguerite de Angeli Newbery Medal 1950 Robin, the son of a nobleman, had always planned to become a knight.. When an accident puts that dream out of reach, he comes under the care of a remarkable monk who teaches him new ways to serve.

68. King of the Wind By Marguerite Henry Newbery Medal 1949 Born in the stables of the Sultan of Morocco, an Arabian stallion named Sham is taken to England, along with the loyal yet mute Arab stable boy who tends to him, and becomes one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed. By the author of Misty, Stormy, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, and Brighty of the Grand Canyon.

69. The Twenty-One Balloons By William Pene Du Bois Newbery Medal 1948 In 1883, when Prof. William Waterman Sherman was found adrift in the Atlantic clinging to the debris of twenty-one balloons, all America was rocked with curiosity.

70. Miss Hickory By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Newbery Medal 1947 Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.

71. Strawberry Girl By Lois Lenski Newbery Medal 1946 Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking the strawberries. Her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper won't be easy--what with the heat, the droughts, the cold snaps and the neighbors.

72. Rabbit Hill By Robert Lawson Newbery Medal 1945 New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

73. Johnny Tremain By Esther Forbes Newbery Medal 1944 The story of silversmith’s apprentice in pre-Revolutionary Boston, and his involvement in the dramatic events leading up to (and through) the Revolutionary war.

74. Adam of the Road By Elizabeth Janet Gray Newbery Medal 1943 The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.

75. The Matchlock Gun By Walter D. Edmonds Newbery Medal 1942 Based on a true incident from 1756. The stirring tale of a small boy, his mother and younger sister, and an antique matchlock gun, is based on a true story.

76. Call it Courage By Armstrong Sperry Newbery Medal 1941 Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.

77. Daniel Boone By James Daugherty Newbery Medal 1940 A short biography of Daniel Boone (1734- 1820).

78. Thimble Summer By Elizabeth Enright Newbery Medal 1939 A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock, and money for Garnet's father. Garnet can't help feeling that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways. There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and the county fair at which Garnet's carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon. Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic summer-- her thimble summer.

79. The White Stag By Kate Seredy Newbery Medal 1938 Retells the legendary story of the Huns' and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.

80. Roller Skates By Ruth Sawyer Newbery Medal 1937 The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's.

81. Caddie Woodlawn By Carol Ryrie Brink Newbery Medal 1936 The frontier adventures of Caddie Woodlawn, a tomboy growing up in Wisconsin during the 1860s. More likely to plow than bake, she's the despair of her mother and older sister. But when Indians threaten to massacre the settlers, it's Caddie who saves the day.

82. Dobry By Monica Shannon Newbery Medal 1935 Dobry is a young boy who lives in a small farming village in Bulgaria with his widowed mother and grandfater. Both of them are dedicated farmers, and Dobry spends much of his early life helping them in the fields. The majority of his free time is spent with his best friend, Neda, the daughter of the village shoemaker. While still young, Dobry discovers a newfound love for art, in which he displays an unusually high amount of natural talent. In order to pay for the art supplies he needs to practice, he takes on the job as the village cow herder, and spends the next several years honing his artistic skills. While Neda and Dobry's grandfather are impressed and supportive of his dedication to his craft, his mother becomes increasingly worried and agitated. She had always assumed that Dobry would take over the family farm as an adult.

83. Invincible Louisa By Cornelia Meigs Newbery Medal 1934 This biographical novel traces the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston to her success in 1868 as the author of "Little Women."

84. Young Fu By Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Newbery Medal 1933 When Young Fu arrives with his mother in bustling 1920s Chungking, all he has seen of the world is the rural farming village where he has grown up. He knows nothing of city life. But the city, with its wonders and dangers, fascinates the thirteen-year-old boy, and he sets out to make the best of what it has to offer him.

85. Younger Brother, a Navajo Indian living in Arizona in the 1920s, wishes to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and become a medicine man. To accomplish this task, he must undergo several arduous years of training, to learn all of the ancient songs and customs of his ancestors. This includes a journey to the Pacific Ocean in the far west, participating in traditional ceremonies, and climbing the nearby Waterless Mountain. Throughout his training, his Uncle relates to him numerous legends of their culture.Navajomedicine man Waterless Mountain By Laura Adams Armer Newbery Medal 1932

86. The Cat Who Went to Heaven By Elizabeth Coatsworth Newbery Medal 1931 A little cat and a compassionate Japanese artist bring about a miracle.

87. Hitty By Rachel Field Newbery Medal 1930 Hitty's story begins in Maine in the early 1800s, where she is transformed from a piece of sturdy mountain-ash wood into the valued playmate of a young girl named Phoebe Preble. When the inseparable pair join Phoebe's father on a journey aboard his whaling ship, Hitty's one hundred years of exciting adventures begins! Join this doll of great charm and character as she travels all over the world, from India to Philadelphia to New York. Whether she is traveling with a snake charmer, attending the opera, meeting Charles Dickens, becoming a doll of fashion, posing as an artists' model, or being stolen away on a Mississippi riverboat, one thing is certain... no doll has led a life like Hitty's!

88. The Trumpeter of Krakow By Eric P. Kelly Newbery Medal 1929 Set in medieval Poland in the year 1461, this is a story about honor, loyalty, and the consequences of unchecked greed.

89. Gay-Neck, The Story of a Pigeon By Dhan Gopal Mukerji Newbery Medal 1928 "The city of Calcutta, which boasts of a million people, must have at least two million pigeons."

90. Smoky the Cowhorse By Will James Newbery Medal 1927 In language that truly evokes the Wild West, Smoky the Cowhorse brings to life one horse's story, from his birth on the open range through his "breaking" to Smoky's "other" lives as an outlaw rodeo star and saddle horse.

91. Shen of the Sea By Arthur Bowie Chrisman Newbery Medal 1926 A series of fascinating Chinese stories, strong in humor and rich in Chinese wisdom, in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought.

92. A collection of nineteen folktales of the native populations of Central and South America, including a "just-so story" describing how rabbits and rats got their tails.Central South Americajust-so story Tales from Silver Lands By Charles Finger Newbery Medal 1925

93. The Dark Frigate By Charles Boardman Hawes Newbery Medal 1924 In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.

94. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle By Hugh Lofting Newbery Medal 1923 Narrated by nine-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and future naturalist, this book chronicles the delightful voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his faithful friends Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey as they survive a perilous shipwreck on Floating Island and other surprises.

95. The Story of Mankind By Hendrik Williem van Loon Newbery Medal 1922 The Story of Mankind tells in brief chapters the history of Western civilization beginning with primitive man, covering the development of writing, art, and architecture, the rise of major religions, and the formation of the modern (for 1921) nation-state.Western civilization writingartarchitecturereligions nation-state