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Newbery Medal Winners, 1990-1999

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Newbery Award Winning Books from 1990 to 1999

Newbery Medal winning books of the 1990s are more sophisticated than those of the past. 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. Both are multi-layered, complex stories complete with mystery.

I'm also a big fan of two non-fiction books included here as 1990-1999 Newbery Honor Books: The Great Fire and The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane.

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Holes

by: Louis Sachar

Amazon Price: $9.45 (as of 02/14/2012)

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.

1999 Newbery Honor Book

1999 Newbery Authors

Louis Sachar: Louis Sachar's biography.
Richard Peck: Author Richard Peck got his first writing assignment as a soldier in Germany: ghost-writing sermons for chaplains. He has written A Long Way From Chicago, A Year Down Yonder, and Fair Weather, among others, to show the world the real Illinois.

Out of the Dust

by Karen Hesse

Out Of The Dust

by: Karen Hesse

Amazon Price: $2.50 (as of 02/14/2012)

A tragic situation in the poverty-stricken dust bowl of Oklahoma. However, this is a beautifully told story (in verse) and well worth the read.

1998 Newbery Medal Winner

1998 Newbery Honor Books

1998 Newbery Authors

Karen Hesse: Wikipedia page.
Gail Carson Levine: Her blog.
Patricia Reilly Giff: A bio at her publisher's website.
Jerry Spinelli: His website.

1997 Newbery Medal Winner

The View from Saturday

by: E. L. Konigsburg

Amazon Price: $2.34 (as of 02/14/2012)

1997 Newbery Honor Books

1997 Newbery Authors

E.L Konigsburg: Bio at a school website.
Nancy Farmer: Nancy Farmer's website.
Ruth White: Ruth White's website.
Eloise Jarvis McGraw: Eloise Jarvis McGraw's wikipedia page.
Megan Whalen Turner: Megan Whalen Turner's website.

1996 Newbery Medal Winner

1996 Newbery Honor Books

1995 Newbery Medal Winner

1995 Newbery Honor Books

1994 Newbery Medal Winner

1994 Newbery Honor Books

1993 Newbery Medal Winner

1993 Newbery Honor Books

1992 Newbery Medal Winners

1992 Newbery Honor Books

1991 Newbery Medal Winner

1991 Newbery Honor Book

1990 Newbery Medal Winner

1990 Newbery Honor Books

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BevsPaper Feb 26, 2010 @ 10:38 am | delete

Great list of Newberry Medal Winners! Nice resource for teachers and parents looking for books to suggest. I remember reading Number the Stars with my daughters. Lois Lowry was one of their favorite authors back then.

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mbgphoto Jan 18, 2010 @ 7:51 am | delete

Thanks for these list. I may add some to my reading list for the coming year. I'm just putting it together now.

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GIN5A Oct 20, 2009 @ 7:34 pm | delete

I AM 11 AND I HAD TO LOOK AT THIS FOR SCHOOL BUT I AM FALLING IN LOVE MORE AND MORE WITH THIS BY THE SECOND(DOES NOT INCLUDE MY OBSESION WITH BOOKS) I LOVE LOOKING AT ALL THE AWARD WINNING BOOKS ITS JUST SO FUN TO READ AND BUY BOOKS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ MORE OFTEN FOR YOUR SAKE