# Newbery Medal reading list

**20** books referenced by Newbery Medal, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American children's literature published the previous year. Newbery winners are among the most widely taught and assigned books in US elementary and middle schools.

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## Newbery Medal reading list

- [Dead End in Norvelt](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-end-in-norvelt) by Jack Gantos _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Flora and Ulysses](https://readinglist.school/book/flora-and-ulysses) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Freewater](https://readinglist.school/book/freewater) by Amina Luqman-Dawson _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Good Masters Sweet Ladies](https://readinglist.school/book/good-masters-sweet-ladies) by Laura Amy Schlitz _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Hello, Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/hello-universe) by Erin Entrada Kelly _(690L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Kira-Kira](https://readinglist.school/book/kira-kira) by Cynthia Kadohata _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Last Stop on Market Street](https://readinglist.school/book/last-stop-on-market-street) by Matt de la Peña _(610L · Grades K–3)_
- [Merci Suárez Changes Gears](https://readinglist.school/book/merci-suarez-changes-gears) by Meg Medina _(700L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Moon Over Manifest](https://readinglist.school/book/moon-over-manifest) by Clare Vanderpool _(Grades 4–7)_
- [New Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/new-kid) by Jerry Craft _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_
- [The Eyes and the Impossible](https://readinglist.school/book/the-eyes-and-the-impossible) by Dave Eggers _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The First State of Being](https://readinglist.school/book/the-first-state-of-being) by Erin Entrada Kelly _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Girl Who Drank the Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-drank-the-moon) by Kelly Barnhill _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Graveyard Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-graveyard-book) by Neil Gaiman _(820L · Grades 5–8)_
- [The Higher Power of Lucky](https://readinglist.school/book/the-higher-power-of-lucky) by Susan Patron _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Last Cuentista](https://readinglist.school/book/the-last-cuentista) by Donna Barba Higuera _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The One and Only Ivan](https://readinglist.school/book/the-one-and-only-ivan) by Katherine Applegate _(570L · Grades 3–7)_
- [When You Reach Me](https://readinglist.school/book/when-you-reach-me) by Rebecca Stead _(750L · Grades 4–8)_
- [When You Trap a Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/when-you-trap-a-tiger) by Tae Keller _(Grades 4–7)_

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