Newbery Medal Winners: 1980s Newbery Winners

1980 Medal Winner
The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

1981 Medal Winner
Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.

1982 Newbery Medal Winner
Inspired by William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience,this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blake's imaginary inn and its unusual guests.

1983 Newbery Medal Winner
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.

1984 Newbery Medal Winner
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

1985 Newbery Medal Winner
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.

1986 Newbery Medal Winner
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

1987 Newbery Medal Winner
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

1988 Newbery Medal Winner
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.

1989 Newbery Medal Winner
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.