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Just because a book won a prize doesn't make it worth reading. Still, it's a reasonable guide—something makes it unique, or a cut above, or important, or just plain fun.

You won't find everything on each of these lists in our catalogue. Some of them we've specifically decided not to carry (usually due to content, availability, or pertinence), but many we just haven't got around to bringing in.

As for the adult-level literary prizes, you'll see our selection is weighted toward works originally published in English. This is due to no prejudice on our part, but to the simple fact that we can't carry every important book ever written. No bookstore can, not even a certain establishment just north of us with pretensions to that claim.

At any rate, these are mostly books to just browse through until something takes your fancy. A lot of the specifically awarded titles are by generally-loved authors, and we often have multiple books by such writers.

If there's anything we don't have that you really think we should, let us know. We're open to expansion, and if we haven't got there already, we're more than willing to have someone else point the way.

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	All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson from Bloomsbury Publishing for 6th-9th grade 2026 Newbery Award Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $17.99
	Bomb The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin First Edition from Flash Point for 5th-9th grade 2013 Newbery Honor Book, 2013 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $24.99
	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson First Ed from HarperCollins Fantasy for 5th-9th grade 1978 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 5th-9th grade 1956 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson from Boyds Mill Press for 7th-11th grade 2002 Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Award in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.95
	Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson 1^st edition from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-10th grade 2002 Newbery Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Codfish Musket by Agnes Hewes, illustrated by Armstrong Sperry from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. for 8th-12th grade 1937 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $45.00 (1 in stock)
	Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins 1^st edition from Greenwillow Books for 6th-9th grade 2006 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary from William Morrow & Company Realistic Fiction for 5th-9th grade 1984 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Downright Dencey by Caroline Dale Snedeker, illustrated by Maginel Wright Barney from Doubleday & Company Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade 1928 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $22.00 (1 in stock)
	Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan First Ed from Scholastic Press for 7th-10th grade 2016 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $19.99
	Fallout Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin from Roaring Brook Press for 5th-9th grade 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book in Communism & The Cold War (Location: HISA-20CW) $19.99
	Family Romanov Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming from Anne Schwartz Books for 7th-12th grade 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book in Russia (Location: HISMC-RUS) $19.99
	Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji from Dutton Juvenile for 4th-9th grade 1928 Newbery Medal winner in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $14.00 (2 in stock)
	Genius by Marfe Ferguson Delano from National Geographic for 5th-9th grade 2006 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman from HarperCollins for 6th-9th grade 2009 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Hitler Youth Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Bartoletti from Scholastic Press for 7th-9th grade 2006 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $21.99
	In Defense of Liberty The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman from Holiday House for 8th-Adult 2004 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in New Nation (1783-1801) (Location: HISA-18NN) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Iveliz Explains it All by Andrea Beatriz Arango from Random House Books for Young Readers for 6th-9th grade 2023 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $16.99
	Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns A Reporter's Story by Wilborn Hampton from Candlewick Press for 5th-9th grade 1998 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Killer Angels A Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara 1^st edition from Ballantine Books Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt from Scholastic Inc. for 7th-9th grade 2005 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton from Simon and Schuster for 6th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri, illustrated by Daniel Miyares from Levine Querido for 6th-9th grade 2024 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $21.99
	Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser from Allida for 4th-10th grade 2026 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $19.99
	One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome from Holiday House for 6th-Adult 2025 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $18.99
	Pran of Albania by Elizabeth Miller, illustrated by Maud & Miska Petersham 1930s printing from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. for 6th-10th grade 1930 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $115.00 (1 in stock)
	Road from Home by David Kherdian from Greenwillow Books for 7th-9th grade 1980 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Sea of Lemon Trees The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by Maria Dolores Aguila from Roaring Brook Press 2026 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $17.99
	Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow from Disney-Hyperion for 7th-10th grade 2024 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $16.99
	Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado by Marc Aronson from Clarion Books for 7th-9th grade 2001 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP) $17.59 $7.00 (2 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Simon and Schuster Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Simon and Schuster Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox, illustrated by Eros Keith from Bradbury Press Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Song of Robin Hood by Anne Malcolmson & Grace Castagnetta, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton from Houghton Mifflin for 2nd-Adult 1948 Caldecott Honor book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $22.99
	This Promise of Change One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy from Bloomsbury Publishing for 6th-12th grade 2020 Robert F. Siebert Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.99
	Tristram by Edwin Arlington Robinson from Macmillan for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman from Little, Brown & Company for 3rd-9th grade 2026 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $17.99
	Watership Down by Richard Adams Reissue from Atheneum for 10th-Adult 1972 Carnegie Medal in Scribner Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SCRIB) $29.99
	When You Reach Me 1^st edition from Wendy Lamb Books Newbery Medal Winner in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat 1^st edition from Candlewick Press for 5th-9th grade 2021 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $14.39
	Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk from Puffin Books for 6th-10th grade 2017 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck 1^st edition from Sun Dial Press for 4th-9th grade 2001 Newbery Award Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.00 (2 in stock)

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