Newbery Honor Books: Select Silver MedalistsUnpublished

Newbery Honor Books are “runners up” selected by the annual Newbery Award Committee. Honor Books receive a silver seal instead of the gold seal displayed by medal winners. Here's a selected list of "silver medalists" from the last decade.

Updated August 5, 2024

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Newbery Honor Books: Select Silver Medalists

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El deafo

Bell, Cece

Paper Book

Cece Bell's #1 New York Times bestseller graphic novel El Deafo is the origin story of a student with hearing loss and a hearing aid becoming a superhero. Newbery Honor Winner * Now an Apple+ Animated TV Series!

Simon sort of says

Bow, Erin

Paper Book

NEWBERY HONOR AWARD * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR * FINALIST FOR THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST MIDDLE GRADE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR "Funny, poignant and--most important--hopeful." --New York Times Simon O'Keeffe's...

Fighting words

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Paper Book

Della can't work out why her adored older sixteen-year-old sister Suki screams in her sleep. Suki has always been Della's protector, especially after their mother went to prison and her boyfriend took the sisters in. But who has been protecting Suki? When Suki tries to kill herself, Della decides it...

The war that saved my life

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.

Paper Book

* Newbery Honor Book * #1 New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award * Forbes 25 Top Historical Fiction Books Of All Time selection * Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of the Year selection * New York Public...

The night diary

Hiranandani, Veera

Paper Book

NEWBERY HONOR BOOK . A poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition-and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country. "A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults."-Kirkus Reviews (One of the...

Roller girl

Jamieson, Victoria.

Paper Book

For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up with...

We dream of space

Kelly, Erin Entrada

Paper Book

A Newbery Honor Book * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library Best Fiction * Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee * Horn Book Fanfare * New York Times Notable Children's Book * School Library Journal Best Book * Today Show Pick * An ALA Notable Book "A 10 out of 10 . . . Anyone...

Red, white, and whole

LaRocca, Rajani

Paper Book

Newbery Honor Book! A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. * Walter Award Winner * New England Book Award Winner * An NCTE Notable Verse Novel * Golden Kite Award...

Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

Martin, Pedro.

Paper Book

'We are living in a golden age of graphic novels and memoirs, and MEXIKID is one of the best I've ever read' - New York Times'Beautiful ... An important human story wrapped up in a stunning visual tale' - Chris Mould____________________Pedro is a Mexikid, a kid born in America to parents from Mexico...

The last mapmaker

Soontornvat, Christina

Paper Book

A Newbery Honor Book A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book From Christina Soontornvat, the visionary and versatile author of three Newbery Honor Books, comes a high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. In a fantasy adventure every bit as...

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