The Latest Heavy Medal Mock Newbery List: Total suggestions through July
In just over six months, the winner of the 2022 Newbery Medal will be announced. Here on Heavy Medal, we continue to build our list of possible contenders from the first half of the year. July nominations included added support for early leaders, including STARFISH and RED, WHITE AND WHOLE. Six new titles are now up for consideration (these are printed in red in below).
Reading and suggestions will continue through the summer, then we’ll begin discussing many of the titles in early September. The full list of suggestions to date is below:
| Title | Author | Total |
| STARFISH | Fipps | 14 |
| RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE | LaRocca | 11 |
| AMBER AND CLAY | Schlitz | 7 |
| LION OF MARS | Holm | 7 |
| MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AIDAN S. | Levithan | 6 |
| TOO BRIGHT TO SEE | Lukoff | 5 |
| GONE TO THE WOODS | Paulsen | 4 |
| JUST LIKE THAT | Schmidt | 4 |
| MAYBE MARISOL RAINEY | Kelly | 4 |
| OPHIE’S GHOSTS | Ireland | 4 |
| SEA IN WINTER | Day | 4 |
| SHAPE OF THUNDER | Warga | 4 |
| UNSPEAKABLE | Weatherford | 4 |
| CHANCE TO FLY | Stroker | 3 |
| ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM | Sloan | 3 |
| MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD | de la Pena | 3 |
| ONE JAR OF MAGIC | Haydu | 3 |
| ROOT MAGIC | Royce | 3 |
| ALONE | Freeman | 2 |
| AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS | Alston | 2 |
| ANCESTOR APPROVED | Smith | 2 |
| DA VINCI’S CAT | Murdock | 2 |
| FINDING JUNIE KIM | Oh | 2 |
| GROUND ZERO | Gratz | 2 |
| PLACE TO HANG THE MOON | Albus | 2 |
| 365 TO ALASKA | Carr | 1 |
| ALMOST THERE AND ALMOST NOT | Urban | 1 |
| BILLY MILLER MAKES A WISH | Henkes | 1 |
| BOY WHO FAILED SHOW AND TELL | Sonnenblick | 1 |
| DELICATES | Thumler | 1 |
| FABULOUS ZEB WATSON! | Sylvester | 1 |
| HOLLOW CHEST | Sandstrom | 1 |
| IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS | Rhuday-Perkovich | 1 |
| JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA | Bourne | 1 |
| LEGACY: WOMEN POETS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE | Grimes | 1 |
| PEACEMAKER | Bruchac | 1 |
| PITY PARTY | Lane | 1 |
| RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH | Barrone | 1 |
| RACONTEUR’S COMMONPLACE BOOK | Milford | 1 |
| ROCK FROM THE SKY | Klassen | 1 |
| SAVING AMERICAN BEACH | King | 1 |
| SEVENTH RAVEN | Elliott | 1 |
| SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA | Smith | 1 |
| TWENTY-ONE STEPS | Gottesfeld | 1 |
| UNPLUGGED | Korman | 1 |
| WE ARE ALL UNDER ONE WIDE SKY | Wiles | 1 |
| WE BECAME JAGUARS | Eggers | 1 |
| YEAR I FLEW AWAY | Arnold | 1 |
Filed under: Suggestions
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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