 Listed below is a selection of Newbery Award and Honor titles recognized over the last ten years by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. Descriptions are included to help you with your selections. Titles that have links provide access to the library catalogue where each book record shows the number of copies held by the Library and their status.
Alexander, Lloyd. The Black Cauldron (J FIC ALEXA)
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.
Couloumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby (J FIC COULO)
Although 13-year-old Willa Jo and her Aunt Patty seem to be constantly at odds, staying with her and Uncle Hob helps Willa Jo and her younger sister come to terms with the death of their family's baby.
Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer (J FIC CREECH)
On the way to visit their grandfather, 13-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard "The Wanderer," a 45-foot sailboat which is en route to England.
Curtis, Christopher. The Watsons Go to Birmingham (J FIC CURTI)
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie (J FIC DICAM)
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread, 2004 (J FIC DICAM)
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion (J FIC FARME)
To most people around him, Matt is not a boy, but a beast. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by sinister characters.
Fenner, Carol. Yolanda's Genius (J FIC FENNE)
After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Loses Control (J FIC GANTO)
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lilly's Crossing (J FIC GIFF)
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods (J FIC GIFF)
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean (J FIC HENKE)
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot (J FIC HIAAS)
New to Florida, Roy spots the running boy--running away from the school bus, carrying no books and wearing no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy's trail, which leads him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, and a renegade eco-avenger.
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle (J FIC HORVA)
Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted (J FIC LEVIN)
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
McGraw, Eloise. Moorchild (J FIC MCGRA)
Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she has been given.
Martin, Ann H. A Corner of the Universe (J FIC MARTIN)
Now that her Uncle Adam's "school" (an institution for the mentally disabled) is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike young man whose existence they've denied for years.
O'Dell, Scott. The Black Pearl (J FIC O'DELL)
In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Chicago (J FIC PECK)
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois for a year and comes to a better understanding her.
Tolan, Stephanie. Surviving the Applewhites (J FIC TOLAN)
Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
Turner, Megan Whalen. The Thief (J FIC TURNE)
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
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