Drumroll please… the winner for 2008 Newbery Medal and the 2008 honor books have been selected. Each of the writers selected has made a significant contribution to children’s literature, and deserves to recognized as doing so.
2008 Newbery Award Winner:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick)
Honor Books:
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic)
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion)
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)
