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2019 Medal Winner

Merci Suárez Changes Gears, ( J MED NEW) written by Meg Medina

 

Honor Books:.

• The Night Diary,(J HIR) written by Veera Hiranandani 

• The Book of Boy, (J MUR) written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr

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2018 Medal Winner: Hello, Universe (J KEL) by Erin Entrada Kelly 

 

Honor Books:

• Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, (J BAR Illustrated Fiction) written by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James 

• Long Way Down, (YA FIC REYNOLDS) by Jason Reynolds 

• Piecing Me Together, (YA FIC WATSON) by Renée Watson 

 

2017 Medal Winner: The Girl Who Drank the Moon (J BAR) by Kelly Barnhill 

 

Honor Books:

• Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, (J 306.3 BRY) written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan 

• The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, (J GID) written by Adam Gidwitz, illustrated by Hatem Aly 

• Wolf Hollow, (J WOL) by Lauren Wolk 

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2016 Medal Winner: Last Stop on Market Street (J-P DEL) by Matt de la Peña 

 

Honor Books:

• The War that Saved My Life (J BRA, J BRA SR “5th Grade”) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 

• Roller Girl (J JAM Graphic Novel) by Victoria Jamieson

• Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan (J RYA) 

 

2015 Medal Winner: The Crossover (J ALE) by Kwame Alexander

 

Honor Books:

• El Deafo (J B BELL) by Cece Bell (Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS)

• Brown Girl Dreaming (J B WOODSON) by Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group LLC).

 

2014 Medal Winner: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (J DIC) by Kate DiCamillo     

 

Honor Books:

• Doll Bones (J BLA) by Holly Black 

• The Year of Billy Miller (J HEN) by Kevin Henkes 

• One Came Home (J TIM) by Amy Timberlake 

• Paperboy (J VAW) by Vince Vawter 

 

2013 Medal Winner: The One and Only Ivan (J APP, J APP PBK) by Katherine Applegate 

 

Honor Books:

• Splendors and Glooms (Ordered)by Laura Amy Schlitz 

• Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon (J 623.4511 SHE -summer- YA 623.4511 SHE) by Steve Sheinkin

• Three Times Lucky (J TUR NEW) by Sheila Turnage 

 

2012 Medal Winner: Dead End in Norvelt (J GAN) by Jack Gantos 

 

Honor  Books:

• Inside Out & Back Again (J LAI) by Thanhha Lai 

• Breaking Stalin's Nose (J YEL) by Eugene Yelchin 

 

2011 Medal Winner: Moon over Manifest (J VAN) by Clare Vanderpool  

 

Honor Books:

• Turtle in Paradise (YA HOLM, J.) by Jennifer L. Holm

• Heart of a Samurai (J PRE) by Margi Preus 

• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (J 811.54 SID) by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen 

• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 

 

2010 Medal Winner:  When You Reach Me  (J STE) by Rebecca Stead 

 

Honor Books:

• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice  (J B COLVIN) by  Phillip Hoose 

• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (J KEL)  by Jacqueline Kelly 

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon  (J LIN, J LIN PBK) by Grace Lin 

• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Ordered) by Rodman Philbrick