OMG, SAME (see my comment above). I think I realized there were some Very Depressing entries (Bridge to Terabithia, Sounder) but I apparently avoided most of them (and aged out of the target audience I guess). There seems to've been a shift in the late eighties or mid nineties, looking at the lists of winners?
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Date: 2019-03-06 12:58 am (UTC)http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal