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March 21, 2017 by Travis Jonker

2017 Books from Newbery Winners

March 21, 2017 by Travis Jonker   6 comments

2017 Newbery

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We’ve covered the Coretta Scott King award.

How about some Newbery? As we know, former winners have a knack for winning again.

Below are all the books coming out this year by past Newbery Medal or Honor winners. If I missed any, let’s hear it in the comments.

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The Crying Rocks by Janet Taylor Lisle (May 16)

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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World : Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Vitale Mangiatordi (Feb. 7)

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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin (Jan. 17)

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The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Avi (May 16)

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Real Friends by Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (May 2)

Writing Radar

Writing Radar : Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories by Jack Gantos (Aug 29)

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The Great Art Caper by Victoria Jamieson (Jun. 13)
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Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (Sept. 26)

All's Fair in Middle School

All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson (Sept. 5)

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Counting Sheep: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet by Jacqueline Kelly, Teagan White, Jennifer L. Meyer (April 4)

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Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet by Jacqueline Kelly, Jennifer L. Meyer (Oct. 3)

The War I Finally Won

The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Oct. 3)

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Forest World by Margarita Engle (Aug. 29)

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Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan (Sept. 12)

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Quicksand Pond by Janet Taylor Lisle (May 16)

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The Sea Lion by Cynthia Rylant, Preston McDaniels (Mar. 14)

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Zack and the Turkey Attack! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Vivienne To (Oct. 3)

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The Player King by Avi (Oct. 17)

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Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (May 2)

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Genevieve’s War by Patricia Reilly Giff, Becca Stadtlander (Mar. 30)

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Bravo! : Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle, Rafael Lopez (Mar. 14)

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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, Ekua Holmes, Various (March 14)

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Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz, Brian Floca (Mar. 28)

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Audacity Jones Steals the Show (Audacity Jones #2) by Kirby Larson (Jan. 31)

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Who Killed Darius Drake?: A Mystery by Rodman Philbrick (Sept. 26)

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Swing it, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm (Sept. 12)

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Night Witches: A Novel of World War Two by Kathryn Lasky (Mar. 28)

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The Silver Mask (Magisterium, Book 4) by Holly Black, Cassandra Clare (Aug. 29)

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Revenge of the Green Banana by Jim Murphy (Jan. 3)

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The Playbook : 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander (Feb. 14)

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Lights, Camera, Middle School! by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm (Jul. 4)

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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Feb. 7)

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The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli (Jan. 3)

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The Night Garden by Polly Horvath (Sept. 12)

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Solo by Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess (Aug. 1)

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Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (May 16)

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Wing & Claw #2: Cavern of Secrets by Linda Sue Park, Jim Madsen (Mar. 7)

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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia, Frank Morrison (May 9)

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Applewhites Coast to Coast by Stephanie S. Tolan, R. J. Tolan (Oct. 17)

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The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine (May 2)

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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Comments

  1. Stacy says

    March 21, 2017 at 6:42 am

    What an incredible list! Thank you for putting it together.

  2. Laura says

    March 21, 2017 at 9:33 am

    I just added a bunch of new titles to my ever-growing TBR list! Thanks Travis!

  3. Jonathan Hunt says

    March 21, 2017 at 1:07 pm

    THE CRYING ROCKS is a reprint, I think, and thus ineligible.

  4. Elaine says

    March 21, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    Wonderful list – thanks Travis! LOTS of good reading ahead….

  5. Janet Chemotti says

    March 25, 2017 at 9:12 am

    Thanks for putting this list together!

  6. kathleen schreiber says

    March 27, 2017 at 4:56 pm

    This is great, thank you!! So many terrific books!!

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