Newbury Award Winners
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry		Average
The Giver by Lois Lowry		Average
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech		Challenging
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman		Challenging
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg		Average
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse		Challenging
Holes by Louis Sachar		Average
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck		Challenging
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi		Challenging
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata		Challenging
Michael L. Printz Award Winner
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Monster by Walter Dean Myers		Average
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond		Average
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers		Challenging
how i live now by Meg Rosoff		Challenging
Looking for Alaska by John Green		Challenging
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang		Average
Adventure
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen		Average
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen		Average
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen		Average
Iceberg by Clive Cussler		Average
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George		Average
The Car by Gary Paulsen		Average
The Crossing by Gary Paulsen		Average
The Island by Gary Paulsen		Average
The Monument by Gary Paulsen		Average
The River by Gary Paulsen		Average
The Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen		Average
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech		Average
Cultures
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer		Average
An Ocean Apart, a World Away by Lensey Namioka		Average
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater		Average
Any Small Goodness: A Novel Of The Barrio by Tony Johnston		Average
Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto		Average
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez		Challenging
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys by Francesca Lia Block		Average
Down Garrapata Road by Anne Estevis		Average
Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto		Average
Rooster by Beth Nixon Weaver		Average
Shen of the Sea by Arthyr Bowie Chrisman		Average
Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson		Average
The Boy and the Samurai by Erik C. Haugaard		Average
The Boy and the Samurai by Erik C. Haugaard		Average
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare		Average
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter		Average
The New York Public Library Amazing Hispanic American History: A Book of Answers for Kids by George Ochoa		Challenging
The Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch		Average
Walks Alone by Brian Burks		Average
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland		Average
Fantasy
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings		Challenging
Bright Shadow by Avi		Average
Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings		Challenging
Eldest by Christopher Paolini		Challenging
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine		Average
Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings		Challenging
Eragon by Christopher Paolini		Challenging
Juniper by Monica Furlong		Average
Magician's Gambit by David Eddings		Challenging
Mountain Light by Laurence Yep		Average
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings		Challenging
Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings		Challenging
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis		Average
Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings		Challenging
Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander		Average
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander		Average
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander		Average
The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander		Average
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien		Challenging
The High King by Lloyd Alexander		Average
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien		Challenging
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Mallorean - Volume I by David Eddings		Challenging
The Mallorean - Volume II by David Eddings
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien		Challenging
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien		Challenging
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings		Average
Wise Child by Monica Furlong		Average
High School
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher		Average
Don't Blame the Music by Caroline B. Cooney		Average
Objects in Mirror by Ronder Thomas Young		Average
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers		Average
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli		Average
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper		Average
The Afterlife by Gary Soto		Average
The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher		Average
The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian		Average
The Mouse Rap by Walter Dean Myers		Average
The Party's Over by Caroline B. Cooney		Average
Won't Know Til I Get There by Walter Dean Myers		Average
Historical Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carloyn Meyer		Average
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White		Average
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman		Average
Cleopatra VII - Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory		Average
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky		Average
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen		Average
I Am Lavina Cumming by Susan Lowell		Average
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lensky		Average
Letters from the Mountain by Sherry Garland		Average
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by Patricia McKissack		Average
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney		Average
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi		Average
The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale		Average
History & Biography
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank		Challenging
Black Eagles: African-americans In Aviation by Jim Haskins		Challenging
Christopher Columbus (In Their Own Words) by Peter and Connie Roop		Average
Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration by Dennis B. & Judith B. Fradin		Challenging
Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter		Average
Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers		Challenging
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack		Challenging
Sitting Bull (In Their Own Words) by Peter and Connie Roop		Average
Standing Tall: The Stories of Ten Hispanic Americans by Argentina Palacios		Challenging
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy		Challenging
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler by William L. Shirer		Challenging
There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer		Average
We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 by Joan Dash		Challenging
Witches and Witch Hunts by Milton Meltzer		Challenging
Humor
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Captain Underpants And The Attack Of The Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey		Easy Reading
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds by Dav Pilkey		Easy Reading
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahle		Average
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E.Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg		Average
Secret Extra Credit Word by E.Martinson		Average
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey		Easy Reading
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl		Average
Love & Relationships
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Alice Alone by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor		Easy Reading
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson		Average
Circle of Gold by Cindy Dawson Boyd		Easy Reading
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman		Average
Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares		Average
Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak		Average
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares		Average
I'll Be Seeing You by Lurlene McDaniel		Easy Reading
Keep in Touch: Letters, Notes, and More from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares		Easy Reading
Pearl Harbor 1941 by Nancy Holder		Average
Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery		Challenging
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson		Average
The Glass Cafe: Or the Stripper and the State; How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous by Gary Paulsen		Average
The Grooming of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor		Easy Reading
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares		Average
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares		Average
W.I.T.C.H. - Whispers of Doubt by Alice Alfonsi		Easy Reading
Mystery
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly		Challenging
After the First Death by Robert Cormier		Average
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin		Average
Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (A Gourmet Detective Mystery) by Peter King		Average
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier		Average
In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier		Average
Missing Since Monday by Ann M. Martin		Average
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox		Easy Reading
Pocket Change by Kathryn Jensen		Average
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac		Average
Toning the Sweep by Anglea Johnson		Average
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier		Average
Science Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Dune by Frank Herbert		Challenging
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert		Challenging
Fade by Robert Cormier		Average
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert		Challenging
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson		Average
Phoenix Rising by Jan Hudson		Average
The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer		Average
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer		Average