Suggestions – Totals Through June
June Suggestions for Heavy Medal are now closed. The list below shows the total Suggestions for the year so far. Newly suggested titles are noted with an asterisk. We’ll call for more Suggestions in early July, so keep reading!
| Book Title | Book Author | Reader Suggestions through June |
| 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 | 7 |
| Line Tender | Allen | 6 |
| 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 |
| Voices | Elliott | 4 |
| Bridge Home | Venkatraman | 3 |
| Far Away | Graff | 3 |
| On the Come Up | Thomas | 3 |
| Spy Runner | Yelchin | 3 |
| Sweeping Up the Heart | Henkes | 3 |
| To Night Owl from Dogfish | Sloan & Wolitzer | 3 |
| Barely Missing Everything | Mendez | 2 |
| Because of the Rabbit | Lord | 2 |
| Bell Rang | Ransome | 2 |
| Caterpillar Summer | McDunn | 2 |
| Good Kind of Trouble | Ramee | 2 |
| How High the Moon | Parsons | 2 |
| Moon Within | Salazar | 2 |
| Over the Moon | Lloyd | 2 |
| Shouting at the Rain | Hunt | 2 |
| Simple Art of Flying | Leonardo | 2 |
| True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins | Shepherd | 2 |
| Undefeated | Alexander | 2 |
| Dragon Pearl | Lee | 1 |
| Drop of Hope | Calabrese | 1 |
| Important Thing About Marg. Wise Brown * | Barnett | 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 |
| Rising Above Sheperdsville * | Schoenbohm | 1 |
| Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles | Lennon | 1 |
| Roots of Rap | Weatherford | 1 |
| Ruby in the Sky * | Furruola | 1 |
| Two Brothers, Four Hands | Greenberg | 1 |
| Unsung Hero of Birdsong USA | Woods | 1 |
| Unteachables | Korman | 1 |
| Watch Hollow | Funaro | 1 |
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About Steven Engelfried
Steven Engelfried retired from full-time library work a couple years ago and now works as a part-time Youth Librarian at the West Linn Public Library in Oregon. 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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