Suggestions: March – May
We’ve now been through three monthly rounds of Suggestions from Heavy Medal readers. For May, 28 different readers added 67 suggestions to our list, spread out among 36 titles. The totals are below. Titles that received suggestions for the first time this month are noted with an asterisk:
| Book Title | Book Author | Reader Suggestions |
| New Kid | Craft | 18 |
| Pay Attention Carter Jones | Schmidt | 12 |
| Eventown | Haydu | 10 |
| Genesis Begins Again | Williams | 10 |
| Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise | Gemeinhart | 10 |
| This Promise of Change | Boyce | 6 |
| Line Tender * | Allen | 5 |
| Lost Girl | Ursu | 5 |
| Right as Rain | Stoddard | 5 |
| Hunt for the Mad Wolf’s Daughter | Magras | 4 |
| Let ‘Er Buck | Nelson | 4 |
| Sal and Gabi Break the Universe | Hernandez | 4 |
| Song for a Whale | Kelly | 4 |
| Bridge Home | Venkatraman | 3 |
| On the Come Up | Thomas | 3 |
| Voices * | Elliott | 3 |
| Barely Missing Everything * | Mendez | 2 |
| Because of the Rabbit | Lord | 2 |
| Bell Rang | Ransome | 2 |
| Far Away | Graff | 2 |
| How High the Moon | Parsons | 2 |
| Moon Within | Salazar | 2 |
| Over the Moon | Lloyd | 2 |
| Simple Art of Flying | Leonardo | 2 |
| To Night Owl from Dogfish | Sloan & Wolitzer | 2 |
| Undefeated | Alexander | 2 |
| Caterpillar Summer by | McDunn | 1 |
| Drop of Hope | Calabrese | 1 |
| Last Last Day of Summer * | Giles | 1 |
| Lion of the Sky * | Salas | 1 |
| Lizzie Flying Solo | Steveson | 1 |
| Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James | Blake | 1 |
| Mostly the Honest Truth * | Little | 1 |
| Next Great Paulie Fink * | Benjamin | 1 |
| Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles * | Lennon | 1 |
| Roots of Rap | Weatherford | 1 |
| Shouting at the Rain * | Hunt | 1 |
| Spy Runner * | Yelchin | 1 |
| Sweeping Up the Heart | Henkes | 1 |
| True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins * | Shepherd | 1 |
| Unsung Hero of Birdsong USA | Woods | 1 |
| Unteachables * | Korman | 1 |
| Watch Hollow * | Funaro | 1 |
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About Steven Engelfried
Steven Engelfried was the Library Services Manager at the Wilsonville Public Library in Oregon until he retired in 2022 after 35 years as a full-time librarian. He served on the 2010 Newbery committee, chaired the 2013 Newbery Committee, and also served on the 2002 Caldecott committee. You can reach him at sengelfried@yahoo.com.
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Thank you for this compilation of suggestions. It’s so useful as I prepare to send my Newbery readers off to summer reading!
What grade levels would be a best match for these books?
The potential audience for the Newbery Medal ranges from age 0 to 14. So the list above represents a wide variety of age levels.