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book nook: Newbery Medal
9-12 Years
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gail man
A family is killed, leaving one sole survivor, an 18-month old boy. When the ghosts in a graveyard nearby find him orphaned, they decide to adopt him and raise him as their own. He lives in their tomb and grows up learning how to exist in the living and dead world. Newbery Award 2009.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Kongisburg
Having decided to run away, Claudia invites her younger brother Jamie, who has money, to go with her to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. There they become deeply committed to solving the mystery of a statue the museum has acquired, a mystery that takes them places and changes them in ways they did not expect. Newbery Award 1968.
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Lucky knows that her guardian, Brigitte, is preparing to go home to France, leaving Lucky abandoned in an orphanage. Her only rock-bottom choice is to run away, hoping she finds her own Higher Power. Newbery Award 2007.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
In a world of no choices, no pain, and no fear, Jonas is designated to be trained by The Giver, the one who holds the memories of the community. Only then does Jonas begin to learn the truth about the society in which he lives. Newbery Award 1994.
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
A story for anyone who has ever thought that their sibling was perfect. Louise is a girl who cannot see her own strengths because she is so jealous of her “perfect” twin sister, Caroline. Will Louise find her own worth before her jealousy goes too far? Newbery Award 1981.
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Miranda is a normal sixth-grader growing up in New York City in the 1970s. Everyday worries plague her life until she begins receiving mysterious notes from someone claiming to want to save her life. Newbery Award 2010
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Between the harsh conditions her parents face in the poultry industry and the terminal illness her sister Lynn suffers from, Katie Takeshima, a Japanese-American living in 1950s Georgia struggles to remember the meaning and significance of the Japanese word Lynn taught her: “kira-kira”. Newbery Award 2005
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
The story of young teens in a small town as they approach life’s crossroads and the difficult decisions that sometimes need to be made. Newbery Award 2006
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
When 13-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle’s mother suddenly disappears out of her life, Sal embarks on a journey to find her. Along the way, she relates the story of a friend whose mother also vanished.
Newbery Award 1995
Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
The Tillerman children are adjusting to their new life at their grandmother’s farm, but after caring for her younger siblings for so long, Dicey is left struggling to rediscover herself and let go of the painful past. Newbery Award 1983
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