Girls are the Protagonist
This novel flashes back to World War One, when Jinx saves the title town from an exploitative mine owner. Abilene Tucker temporarily lives with Miss Sadie, whose son Ned was killed in the war. Name this Newbery-winning novel by Clare Vanderpool.
MOON OVER MANIFEST
This novel's title character befriends Steady Eddie, Lefty Lewis, Deza Malone, and Bugs. He travels from his foster home to a Flint shanty town before finding his grandfather in Grand Rapids. Give the title of this Depression-era novel, which won a Newbery for Christopher Paul Curtis.
BUD, NOT BUDDY
At the end of a novel, this character lives happily in a zoo, as he paints with mud on a wall. Earlier, he helped Ruby the elephant and Bob the dog escape life at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Who is this One and Only gorilla creation of Katherine Applegate?
Ivan
In this novel, sixth graders answer questions about calligraphy, turtles, and Lewis Carroll. Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian form the Souls, a tea-drinking academic team coached by Mrs. Olinski. Identify this winner of the Newbery Medal, written by E. L. Konigsburg.
(THE) VIEW FROM SATURDAY
In one book by this author, the title character befriends Roscuro the Rat and Princess Pea. In another, a comic book reader lives her own adventure when she encounters a flying, poetry writing squirrel. Who won Newbery Medals for The Tale of Despereaux [DES-puh-row] and Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures?
(KATE) DICAMILLO [dee-kuh-MILL-oh]
This novel's protagonist, whose mom appears on $20,000 Pyramid, receives four strange notes from the "Laughing Man." Miranda learns that the Laughing Man is grown-up Marcus, who has traveled back in time to save Sal's life. Name this Newbery Medal winner by Rebecca Stead.
WHEN YOU REACH ME
This Newbery winner is unique because it is a verse novel written in hip-hop poetry. In it, Jordan and Josh Bell juggle their father's health problems, their adolescent crushes, and their middle school basketball careers. Give the name of this Kwame [KWAH-mee] Alexander book.
(THE) CROSSOVER
This novel opens with one character's near-fatal run-in with a vacuum cleaner. When the other title character resuscitates him, a squirrel reveals his new powers: super strength, flight, and poetry writing. Identify this novel about unlikely friends, which earned a Newbery Medal for Kate DiCamillo [dee-kuh-MILL-oh].
FLORA & ULYSSES(: THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES)
This novel's protagonist, Martha Boyle, spends the summer with her grandmother at Cape Cod. She remembers a classmate who was killed by a car, and who also wanted to be a writer. Name this Newbery Honor Book, written by Kevin Henkes [HEN-kus].
OLIVE'S OCEAN
This author, whose final novel was The Best Man, drew from his Illinois upbringing in two of his novels. Those works are A Long Way from Chicago and its sequel, which won a Newbery Medal. Who was this creator of the Dowdel family in A Year Down Yonder?
(RICHARD) PECK
This novel's title character lugs a survival kit backpack into the Mojave [mo-HA-vee] Desert during a sand storm. She runs away from Hard Pan, California, in the mistaken belief that her guardian Brigitte is returning to France. What is this Newbery-winning Susan Patron [puh-TROHN] novel?
(THE) HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY
This novel's protagonist suffers a series of embarrassing, spontaneous nosebleeds. Jack solves a string of mysterious local murders while helping Miss Volker write obituaries for the town newspaper. Give the title of this Pennsylvania-set Jack Gantos novel.
DEAD END IN NORVELT
This novel is set in a vast park near the sea. The protagonist is tasked with monitoring the activities within the park and then reporting those activities to the bison. What is the name of this Newbery Award winner?
(THE) EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE
In this novel, set in Deep River, West Virginia, Ob creates whirligigs and hopes to install "afterlife antenna" in Cletus Underwood. Summer, the narrator, travels with her uncle and friend to find the Reverend Young, who they hope will put them in touch with her deceased aunt. Give the title of this Newbery-winning novel by Cynthia Rylant.
Missing May
Lesser-known characters created by this novelist include Camilla Dickinson and Katherine Forrester. She is better known for the Christian and science fiction elements of her Chronos and Kairos [KIGH-rohs] series. Who was this Newbery-winning writer of A Swiftly Tilting Planet and An Acceptable Time?
(MADELEINE) L'ENGLE [LAHN-gull]
Characters in this novel sleep as their spaceship leaves Earth to go to a planet named Sagan. While they sleep, information is downloaded into their brains through "En Cognito." These events happen in what Newbery-Medal winning book?
(THE) LAST CUENTISTA
This novel's supporting characters include Scarlett Perkins, the werewolf Miss Lupescu, and the Sleer. Nobody Owens grows up in the title location, where he is guarded by Silas and eventually destroys Jack Frost. Give the title of this Newbery Medal-winning novel by Neil Gaiman [GAY-mun].
(THE) GRAVEYARD BOOK
The novel centers around a colony of escaped lab rats. They come to the aid of a widowed field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow. What is the name of this Newbery-winning novel by Robert C. O'Brien?
MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
In this novel, Annemarie Johansen travels through the woods to her uncle's house to deliver a special package. That package allows her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen and Ellen's parents to escape the Nazis and arrive safely in Sweden. Name this World War Two-era novel, which earned a Newbery for Lois Lowry.
Number the Stars
The protagonist of this author's Newbery-winning novel looks for a spy, the Rattler, with her friends Lettie and Ruthanne. Abilene Tucker works for Miss Sadie as she learns the history of her father's small Kansas hometown. Who wrote Moon Over Manifest?
(CLARE) VANDERPOOL
This Newbery-Medal book is set in the Protectorate. Its main characters are Xan, a witch, and Luna, a child that Xan rescues. Name this book, the winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal.
(THE) GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON
In this novel, Crane-man raises a ten-year-old orphan who apprentices himself to their village's best potter, Min. Tree Ear travels to Songdo to show Min's pottery to the royal court, but arrives with only a sliver of a celadon vase after robbers attack him. Give the title of this Newbery-winning novel by Linda Sue Park.
(A) SINGLE SHARD
This character, whose surname is Tilling, is the only surviving member of his litter. He loves music and Princess Pea, but is sentenced to spend time in the dungeon for showing himself to people. Who is this title mouse in a Newbery-winning Kate DiCamillo [dee-kuh-MILL-oh] novel?
DESPEREAUX [DES-puh-roh]
In this novel, Annemarie Johansen travels through the woods to her uncle's house to deliver a special package. That package allows her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen and Ellen's parents to escape the Nazis and arrive safely in Sweden. Name this World War Two-era novel, which earned a Newbery for Lois Lowry.
(A) YEAR DOWN YONDER
This writer created Uncle Katsuhisa [kaht-soo-HEE-sah], who challenges his niece to chess every night, Auntie Fumi [FOO-mee], and Sammy. Her Newbery-winning novel sees Katie Takeshima learn about life's glittering qualities when her sister Lynn dies of lymphoma. Who wrote Kira-Kira?
(CYNTHIA) KADOHATA