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March 9, 2020 by Steven Engelfried

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:

TitleAuthorTotal
From the Desk of Zoe WashingtonMarks3
The Rise and Fall of Charles LindberghFleming3
ChirpMessner2
Prairie LotusPark2
Show Me a SignLezotte2
King and the DragonfliesCallender2
SnapdragonLeyh1
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of DoomSachar1
A Many Feathered ThingGerlits1
When You Trap a TigerKeller1
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated MemoirHa1
Black Brother, Black BrotherRhodes1
MañanalandRyan1

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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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  1. 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…

  2. 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.

  3. 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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