Newbery Medal Winners about real people

Books that are set in New York


	1934	Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
		by Cornelia Meigs


		Main characters:
		Louisa May Alcott, the famous author, and her family

		Setting:		Time period:
		Boston		the 19th century




	1940	Daniel Boone
		by James Daugherty


		Main characters:
		Daniel Boone, the frontiersman

		Setting:		Time period:
		Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky		the 18th century




	1956	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
		by Jean Lee Latham


		Main characters:
		Nathaniel Bowditch, the astronomer, and his ship mates

		Setting:		Time period:
		Massachusetts and at Sea		the 18th century




	1966	I, Juan de Pareja
		by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino


		Main characters:
		Juan, a slave, and his master, the painter Velazquez

		Setting:		Time period:
		Spain		the 17th century




	1982	A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
		by Nancy Willard


		Main characters:
		the characters from William Blake's poetry

		Setting:		Time period:
		England		the 18th century




	1988	Lincoln: A Photobiography
		by Russell Freedman


		Main characters:
		Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US president, and his family

		Setting:		Time period:
		the USA		the Civil War (the 1860s)




	1990	Number the Stars
		by Lois Lowry


		Main characters:
		Annemarie, a 10 year-old girl, her family, and her friend Ellen

		Setting:		Time period:
		Denmark		Word War II (the 1940s)




	1994	The Giver
		by Lois Lowry


		Main characters:
		Jonas, a 12 year-old boy, and his family

		Setting:		Time period:
		an alternate USA		the Future