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Best Newbery Honor Books

Based on bookaward: Newbery Honor
Members: 25 participating members
cej1027, foggidawn, ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, Whisper1, keeneam, ahef1963, el_len, bestem, kerrygiven, DeltaQueen50, susiesharp, bell7, rretzler, nhadley, al.vick, smcwl, hipdeep, hailelib, timspalding, kageeh, _Zoe_, amysisson, aulsmith, CurrerBell

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Rank Title Author Added CK Order

1

Charlotte's Web

34,065 members

997 reviews

4.2

15 Members: timspalding, kageeh, foggidawn, amysisson, bestem, DeltaQueen50, susiesharp, rretzler, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, kerrygiven, nhadley, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,122 members

93 reviews

4.2

12 Members: hipdeep, _Zoe_, foggidawn, aulsmith, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, susiesharp, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len

3

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,488 members

98 reviews

4.1

11 Members: hipdeep, _Zoe_, foggidawn, smcwl, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len

4

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

by Beverly Cleary

8,364 members

114 reviews

4

11 Members: timspalding, kageeh, foggidawn, bestem, merrystar, susiesharp, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

5

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

10,732 members

138 reviews

4

9 Members: timspalding, foggidawn, keeneam, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

8,547 members

76 reviews

4.1

11 Members: foggidawn, smcwl, bestem, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, kerrygiven, nhadley, el_len

7

Frog and Toad Together

by Arnold Lobel

7,359 members

154 reviews

4.2

9 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, bestem, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

8

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,209 members

66 reviews

4

10 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, smcwl, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len

9

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

6,400 members

92 reviews

4.1

9 Members: timspalding, hipdeep, bestem, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, cej1027, al.vick, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater

8,754 members

154 reviews

3.9

10 Members: foggidawn, smcwl, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, al.vick, kerrygiven, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

11

These Happy Golden Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

8,153 members

62 reviews

4.1

9 Members: _Zoe_, foggidawn, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, el_len

12

The Cricket in Times Square

by George Selden

7,472 members

72 reviews

4

8 Members: kageeh, foggidawn, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, cej1027, al.vick, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,022 members

219 reviews

4.1

8 Members: foggidawn, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, susiesharp, al.vick, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

4,499 members

64 reviews

3.8

7 Members: foggidawn, bell7, bestem, merrystar, keeneam, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

7,324 members

54 reviews

3.9

7 Members: kageeh, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, al.vick, kerrygiven

16

by Gary Paulsen

16,386 members

563 reviews

3.8

6 Members: DeltaQueen50, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, nhadley, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Pictures of Hollis Woods

by Patricia Reilly Giff

3,859 members

104 reviews

4

5 Members: amysisson, Whisper1, keeneam, susiesharp, cej1027

18

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

5,364 members

66 reviews

4.1

6 Members: timspalding, hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, kerrygiven, el_len

19

by William Steig

3,065 members

61 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale

6,164 members

191 reviews

4

5 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, merrystar, keeneam, el_len

21

by Megan Whalen Turner

4,786 members

203 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, bell7, bestem, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,453 members

143 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, bestem, merrystar, al.vick, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda,amysisson

23

3,124 members

200 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, bell7, keeneam, cej1027

24

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

11,429 members

98 reviews

4

5 Members: foggidawn, bestem, merrystar, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

6,177 members

131 reviews

4

5 Members: Whisper1, susiesharp, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

26

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis

6,880 members

393 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, bell7, Whisper1, keeneam

27

Catherine, Called Birdy

by Karen Cushman

5,095 members

80 reviews

3.9

5 Members: _Zoe_, foggidawn, cej1027, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

28

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

3,646 members

218 reviews

4.2

4 Members: foggidawn, CurrerBell, Whisper1, susiesharp

29

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

13,932 members

545 reviews

4.2

5 Members: foggidawn, bestem, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963

30

7,505 members

110 reviews

3.9

5 Members: smcwl, DeltaQueen50, cej1027, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Millions of Cats

3,506 members

105 reviews

4

5 Members: hailelib, smcwl, cej1027, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

by Marguerite Henry

2,858 members

18 reviews

3.9

5 Members: kageeh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

33

The Headless Cupid

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1,019 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: bestem, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Gail Carson Levine

12,497 members

397 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, bestem, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

35

by Sterling North

4,816 members

44 reviews

4

3 Members: rretzler, al.vick, kerrygiven

36

Three Tales of My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

1,023 members

14 reviews

4.2

4 Members: timspalding, hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

by Robin McKinley

5,925 members

132 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, bestem, merrystar

38

Ramona and Her Father

by Beverly Cleary

6,135 members

66 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, bestem, cej1027, ahef1963

39

Elijah of Buxton

by Christopher Paul Curtis

3,257 members

113 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, keeneam, cej1027

40

The Family under the Bridge

by Natalie Savage Carlson

5,646 members

48 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, keeneam, cej1027, nhadley

41

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

5,174 members

326 reviews

4

4 Members: foggidawn, keeneam, cej1027, ahef1963

42

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

3,776 members

206 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, keeneam

43

by Cynthia Lord

5,136 members

530 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, bell7, rretzler

44

A Ring of Endless Light

by Madeleine L'Engle

3,283 members

37 reviews

4.2

3 Members: foggidawn, amysisson, merrystar

45

The Perilous Gard

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

1,543 members

38 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, merrystar, cej1027

46

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Jacqueline Kelly

3,141 members

215 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, keeneam, susiesharp

47

2,521 members

61 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, cej1027

48

The Great Gilly Hopkins

by Katherine Paterson

4,407 members

156 reviews

3.9

3 Members: foggidawn, susiesharp, cej1027

49

by Kirby Larson

1,577 members

95 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, bell7, keeneam

50

The Hundred Penny Box

by Sharon Bell Mathis

1,636 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: bell7, Whisper1, cej1027

51

Turtle in Paradise

by Jennifer L. Holm

1,372 members

93 reviews

3.9

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, keeneam

52

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

3,582 members

226 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Inside Out and Back Again

4,194 members

534 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1, cej1027

54

A Solitary Blue

by Cynthia Voigt

1,416 members

22 reviews

4

2 Members: foggidawn, bell7

55

26 Fairmount Avenue

by Tomie dePaola

1,840 members

32 reviews

4

2 Members: hailelib, cej1027

56

The Upstairs Room

by Johanna Reiss

2,043 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Whisper1, ManWithAnAgenda

57

by Carolyn Coman

503 members

18 reviews

3.9

2 Members: susiesharp, cej1027

58

Lily's Crossing

by Patricia Reilly Giff

2,414 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Whisper1, keeneam

59

by Elizabeth Enright

2,300 members

28 reviews

4.1

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Laurence Yep

2,275 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, el_len

61

A String in the Harp

945 members

6 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, kerrygiven

62

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

6,377 members

143 reviews

4

2 Members: foggidawn, kerrygiven

63

by Norma Fox Mazer

447 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Whisper1, keeneam

64

921 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

65

My Brother Sam is Dead

by James Lincoln Collier

3,684 members

89 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

by Gary D. Schmidt

1,700 members

67 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1

67

Enchantress from the Stars

by Sylvia Engdahl

1,252 members

24 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

68

Penny from Heaven

by Jennifer L. Holm

1,147 members

43 reviews

3.9

2 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1

69

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

by E. L. Konigsburg

1,246 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: foggidawn, ahef1963

70

Across Five Aprils

4,530 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DeltaQueen50, cej1027

71

1,899 members

22 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

72

After Tupac and D Foster

by Jacqueline Woodson

786 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: foggidawn, Whisper1

73

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

by Russell Freedman

761 members

5 reviews

4

Member: hailelib

74

Belle Prater's Boy

1,517 members

21 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath

2,055 members

66 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, cej1027

76

Homesick: My Own Story

1,584 members

17 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, cej1027

77

The Witches of Worm

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

881 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

4,039 members

355 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

79

by Jacqueline Woodson

781 members

117 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

80

Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night

by Joyce Sidman

491 members

89 reviews

4.2

Member: bell7

81

by Jane Langton

2,068 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

82

1,924 members

131 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

83

Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin

by Walter Havighurst

49 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: smcwl

84

Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer

by Hildegarde H. Swift

25 members

1 review

2.9

Member: smcwl

85

The Black Pearl

by Scott O'Dell

2,021 members

31 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bestem

86

by Jacqueline Woodson

1,746 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Whisper1

87

Breaking Stalin's Nose

by Eugene Yelchin

1,203 members

95 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

88

by Jane Leslie Conly

554 members

6 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: cej1027

89

by Sharon Creech

3,551 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: bell7

90

by Kathi Appelt

1,473 members

121 reviews

3.9

Member: Whisper1

91

George Washington's World

by Genevieve Foster

1,320 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: kerrygiven

92

Heart of a Samurai

888 members

47 reviews

4

Member: bell7

93

Figgs & Phantoms

by Ellen Raskin

567 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

94

Joey Pigza Loses Control

1,547 members

37 reviews

3.8

Member: Whisper1

95

by Julia L. Sauer

737 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

96

Afternoon of the Elves

by Janet Taylor Lisle

1,167 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Whisper1

97

The Noonday Friends

593 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: keeneam

98

Annie and the Old One

1,032 members

18 reviews

4

Member: Whisper1

99

The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

by Bill Brittain

1,006 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: keeneam

100

The Mostly True Adventures Of Homer P. Figg

by Rodman Philbrick

1,764 members

54 reviews

3.8

Member: keeneam

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About This List

Started: _Zoe_
February 2012
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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