A Couple More Heavy Medal Readers’ Mock Newbery suggestions – August Compilation
This latest round of reader suggestions saw two new titles (marked with *) and additional support for those already on the list. (The list is now 66 titles long.) . The fall publication season will come fast and furious – keep your reading eyes peeled for worthy titles. I’m personally excited about a few August and September titles. Can’t wait to see more great titles suggested and start our discussion in just a few weeks!
Roxanne’s To-Read list:
Best Friends by Shannon Hale
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia Perez
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G Long,
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across America by Steven Sheinkin
The Long Ride by Marina Budhos
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamilo
Now on the the latest tally: New Kid by Jerry Craft stays as the leading suggested title – other titles that saw strong new support include To Night Owl from Dogfish, Other Words for Home and Queen of the Sea.
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| Title | Author | |
| New Kid | Craft | 20 |
| Pay Attention Carter Jones | Schmidt | 13 |
| Eventown | Haydu | 11 |
| Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise | Gemeinhart | 11 |
| Genesis Begins Again | Williams | 10 |
| This Promise of Change | Boyce | 9 |
| Line Tender | Allen | 8 |
| Song for a Whale | Kelly | 7 |
| To Night Owl from Dogfish | Sloan & Wolitzer | 7 |
| Lost Girl | Ursu | 6 |
| Right as Rain | Stoddard | 6 |
| Sal and Gabi Break the Universe | Hernandez | 6 |
| Other Words for Home | Warga | 5 |
| Queen of the Sea | Meconis | 5 |
| Bridge Home | Venkatraman | 4 |
| Hunt for the Mad Wolf’s Daughter | Magras | 4 |
| Let ‘Er Buck | Nelson | 4 |
| Place to Belong, A | Kadohata | 4 |
| Spy Runner | Yelchin | 4 |
| True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins | Shepherd | 4 |
| Voices | Elliott | 4 |
| Far Away | Graff | 3 |
| Good Kind of Trouble | Ramee | 3 |
| How High the Moon | Parsons | 3 |
| On the Come Up | Thomas | 3 |
| Over the Moon | Lloyd | 3 |
| Shouting at the Rain | Hunt | 3 |
| Sweeping Up the Heart | Henkes | 3 |
| Undefeated | Alexander | 3 |
| We’re Not from Here | Rodkey | 3 |
| Barely Missing Everything | Mendez | 2 |
| Because of the Rabbit | Lord | 2 |
| Bell Rang | Ransome | 2 |
| Caterpillar Summer | McDunn | 2 |
| Dragon Pearl | Lee | 2 |
| Drop of Hope | Calabrese | 2 |
| Last Last Day of Summer | Giles | 2 |
| MIghty Heart of Sunny St. James | Blake | 2 |
| Moon Within | Salazar | 2 |
| Ruby in the Sky | Furruolo | 2 |
| Simple Art of Flying | Leonardo | 2 |
| All of Me | Baron | 1 |
| Angel Thieves | Appelt | 1 |
| Door at the End of the World | Carlson | 1 |
| For Black Girls Like Me* | Lockington | 1 |
| Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Barnett | 1 |
| Just South of Home | Strong | 1 |
| Lion of the Sky | Salas | 1 |
| Lizzie Flying Solo | Steveson | 1 |
| Mostly the Honest Truth | Little | 1 |
| Next Great Paulie Fink | Benjamin | 1 |
| Night is Yours | Zachariah | 1 |
| Planet Earth is Blue* | Panteleakos | 1 |
| Rising Above Sheperdsville | Schoenbohm | 1 |
| Riverland | Hyde | 1 |
| Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles | Lennon | 1 |
| Roots of Rap | Weatherford | 1 |
| Shout | Anderson | 1 |
| Strangers | Haddix | 1 |
| Two Brothers, Four Hands | Greenberg | 1 |
| Unsung Hero of Birdsong USA | Woods | 1 |
| Unteachables | Korman | 1 |
| Watch Hollow | Funaro | 1 |
| What is Given from the Heart | McKissack | 1 |
| Where the Heart Is | Knowles | 1 |
| Whispers | Howard | 1 |
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About Roxanne Hsu Feldman
Roxanne Hsu Feldman is the Middle School (4th to 8th grade) Librarian at the Dalton School in New York City. She served on the 2002 and 2013 Newbery Committees. Roxanne was also a member of 2008-2009 Notable Books for Children, 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults, and the 2017 Odyssey Award Committees. In 2016 Roxanne was one of the three judges for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. You can reach her at at roxannefeldman@gmail.com.
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Can anyone tell me if Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide is eligible? The author was born in Uganda, lived in the U.K. and Canada and now lives in the U.S. I haven’t seen it on any Newbery lists which surprises me.
Just stopped by to see what everyone is talking about, and I’m surprised to see no nominations for ALL THE GREYS ON GREENE STREET. We are holding our bookclub on in in a couple of hours. I found the writing beautiful, but 3 weeks after reading it, I’m struggling to remember much of it.
Looking for a gripping title for September. Any suggestions?
I am part way through FOR BLACK GIRLS LIKE ME, and I am finding the writing exquisite.