Mock Newbery Early Leaders Revealed

March 9, 2020 by Steven Engelfried 5 comments

The first round of Mock Newbery Suggestions is complete. We’ve got 13 titles on the list so far. The early leaders with three suggestions each: FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON by Janae Marks and THE RISE AND FALL OF CHARLES LINDBERGH by Candice Fleming. Four other books received two suggestions. The complete list is below. Keep reading, and look for the next call for Suggestions here in early April!

March Suggestions:

Title	Author	Total
From the Desk of Zoe Washington	Marks	3
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh	Fleming	3
Chirp	Messner	2
Prairie Lotus	Park	2
Show Me a Sign	Lezotte	2
King and the Dragonflies	Callender	2
Snapdragon	Leyh	1
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom	Sachar	1
A Many Feathered Thing	Gerlits	1
When You Trap a Tiger	Keller	1
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir	Ha	1
Black Brother, Black Brother	Rhodes	1
Mañanaland	Ryan	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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Dana says

March 9, 2020 at 5:47 pm

I searched for How to Trap a Tiger today, and discovered that the title is actually WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER.
- Steven Engelfried says
  
  March 9, 2020 at 7:12 pm
  
  Thanks for catching that, Dana. It’s now corrected on the list…
sam leopold says

March 14, 2020 at 3:39 pm

Hmmm……Could 2021 finally be the year another non-fiction title is considered? Loved THE RISE AND FALL OF CHARLES LINDBERGH…….but I still have not gotten over TORPEDOED getting shut out this past year…….

And FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON was a wonderful read…..

Those 2 along with MANANALAND are my early favorites.
Barb Langridge says

April 11, 2020 at 6:09 am

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
Here in the Real World Sara Pennypacker
List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
Chirp by Kate Messner

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