Newbery Award Books
the very best kids chapter books
Below are the winners of the prestigious Newbery Award. Several books receive this award each year, so this list is several pages long. Be sure to click the "more" arrow at the bottom of the page to see more.
Merci Suárez
Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
4th grade - 7th grade
The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
4th grade - 8th grade
The Book of Boy
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
3rd grade - 7th grade
Hello, Universe
by Erin Entrada Kelly
3rd grade - 7th grade
Crown: An Ode
to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
7th grade - 9th grade
Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
7th grade - 9th grade
The Girl Who
Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill
4th grade - 9th grade
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
by Ashley Bryan
4th grade - 6th grade
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz
5th grade - 10th grade
Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
5th grade - 8th grade
The War that Saved
My Life
by Kimberly Bradley
4th grade - 6th grade
Last Stop on
Market Street
2016 Medal Winner
by Matt de la Peña
Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Roller Girl
by Victoria Jamieson
4th grade - 8th grade
Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
5th grade - 8th grade
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
6th grade - 10th grade
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
2nd grade - 6th grade
Brown Girl
Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
5th Grade & Up
Flora & Ulysses
by Kate DiCamillo
2014 Newbery Award
3rd grade - 7th grade
Year of Billy Miller
by Kevin Henkes
2014 Newbery Award
3rd grade - 7th grade
Doll Bones
by Holly Black
2014 Newbery Award
5th grade - 9th grade
One Came Home
by Amy Timberlake
2014 Newbery Award
5th grade & Up
Paperboy
by Vince Vawter
2014 Newbery Award
5th grade & Up
The One and
Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
2013 Newbery Award
3rd grade - 7th grade
Splendors
and Glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz
2013 Newbery Award
4th grade - 7th grade
Bomb:The Race to Build/Steal the World’s
Most Dangerous
Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
5th grade - 9th grade
Three Times
Lucky
by Sheila Turnage
2013 Newbery Award
5th grade & Up
Dead End
in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
2012 Newbery Award
5th grade - 9th grade
Inside Out &
Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
2012 Newbery Award
3rd grade - 7th grade
Breaking Stalin's Nose
by Eugene Yelchin
2012 Newbery Award
4th grade - 7th grade
The Mostly True
Adventures
of Homer P. Figg
by Rodman Philbrick
2010 Newbery Award
5th grade - 8th grade
