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Who was the youngest person ever to win a Newbery Medal and how old were they?
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∙ 14y ago
The award was first given out in 1922. The winner was Hendrik Willem van Loon for The Story of Mankind.
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∙ 11y ago
The youngest person ever to win a Newbery Medal was Juanita Havill, who was 30 years old when she won in 1974 for her book "Wheels on the Bus."
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∙ 8y agoThat would have to be Ben Okri from Nigeria who won the Booker prize for his 1991 book , the famished road. Okri was 32 at that time.
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∙ 14y agoRobin McKinley; 33 years old
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