Newbery Winners From The Nineteen Nineties
Writers are under a lot of pressure these days to produce high quality novels. The competition is enormous. Consequently the cream of the crop books on this list are excellent.
My favorite novels from this list are Holes and Walk Two Moons.
I'm also a big fan of two non-fiction books included on the 1990-1999 list: The Great Fire and The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane.
1999 Newbery Medal Winner
Holes
A boy sentenced to serve at a juvenile detention facility must dig holes in the surface of a dry lake bed daily. At first there seems to be no sane reason for the daily torture routine of digging a new hole, but as the story expands we see several layers of activity, past and present. This is one of the most exciting Newbery books I've read from an author's perspective, because it clearly shows layering in a story and how it contributes to the whole. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting a fantastic book to read.
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009) 
1999 Newbery Honor Book
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Focus on Reading: A Long Way from Chicago (Saddleback's Focus on Reading Study Guides)
Amazon Price: $14.81 (as of 11/21/2009)
1998 Newbery Medal Winner
Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using Out of the Dust in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Out of the Dust Study Guide
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Scholastic Bookfiles: Out Of The Dust By Karen Hesse
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Out of the Dust L-I-T Guide: A Study Guide for Grades 5-9 to the Book by Karen Hesse (L-I-T (Literature In Teaching) Guides)
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
1998 Newbery Honor Books
Ella Enchanted (Trophy Newbery)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Ella Enchanted Reading Guide (Saddleback's Focus on Reading Study Guides)
Amazon Price: $14.81 (as of 11/21/2009)
Lily's Crossing
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Lily's Crossing L-I-T Guide: A Study Guide for Grades 4-8 to the Book by Patricia Reilly Goff (L-I-T (Literature In Teaching) Guides)
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
Wringer
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1997 Newbery Medal Winner
The View from Saturday
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The View From Saturday LitPlan Teacher Pack (Print Copy)
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using The View from Saturday in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1997 Newbery Honor Books
A Girl Named Disaster
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Belle Prater's Boy
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Moorchild (Margaret K. McElderry Book)
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The Thief (The Queen's Thief, Book 1)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1996 Newbery Medal Winner
The Midwife's Apprentice
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Midwife's Apprentice LitPlan Teacher Pack (Print Copy)
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Midwife's Apprentice Puzzle Pack (Print Copy)
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
Midwife's Apprentice: A Unit Plan
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Midwife's Apprentice: L-I-T Guide
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
1996 Newbery Honor Books
The Great Fire
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
What Jamie Saw
This is a short novel on the rather depressing topic of domestic violence and a young traumatized boy's reaction to it. Thankfully it takes place after the boy's mother has taken her children to a safe retreat, but there are flashbacks.
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Yolandas Genius
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1995 Newbery Medal Winner
Walk Two Moons
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using Walk Two Moons in the Classroom (Literature Units)
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Sharon Creech Box Set: Absolutely Normal Chaos, Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird
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Walk two moons - Teacher Guide by Novel Units, Inc.
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Walk two moons - Student Pack by Novel Units, Inc.
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1995 Newbery Honor Books
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
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Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman: L-I-T Guide (A Study Guide for Grades 6-12) (Literature in Teaching (L-I-T) Guides)
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using Catherine, Called Birdy in the Classroom (Literature Unit Series)
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1994 Newbery Medal Winner
The Giver
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A teacher's resource for The giver: By Lois Lowry (Witnesses to history)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
1994 Newbery Honor Books
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Clarion Nonfiction)
Amazon Price: $9.56 (as of 11/21/2009)
Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1867)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery)
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1993 Newbery Medal Winner
Missing May
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1993 Newbery Honor Books
Somewhere In The Darkness
Amazon Price: $3.87 (as of 11/21/2009)
What Hearts (Laura Geringer Books)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Teacher's Discussion Guide to The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Amazon Price: $23.94 (as of 11/21/2009)
Student's Discussion Guide to The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Amazon Price: $7.50 (as of 11/21/2009)
1992 Newbery Medal Winners
Shiloh
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Shiloh Trilogy Paperback Boxed Set
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
1992 Newbery Honor Books
Nothing But The Truth: A Documentary Novel
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (For Kids series)
Amazon Price: $12.78 (as of 11/21/2009)
1991 Newbery Medal Winner
Maniac Magee
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Literature Unit for Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Teacher's Discussion Guide to Maniac Magee
Amazon Price: $25.00 (as of 11/21/2009)
Maniac Magee Reading Guide (Saddleback's Focus on Reading Study Guides)
Amazon Price: $14.81 (as of 11/21/2009)
Maniac Magee Study Guide
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
1991 Newbery Honor Book
The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle (Orchard Classics)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
1990 Newbery Medal Winner
Number the Stars
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using Number the Stars in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1990 Newbery Honor Books
The Winter Room
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Readers Circle)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Shabanu: daughter of the wind: Teacher's resource manual, (Perma-guides to literature)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
Afternoon of the Elves
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
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