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August 9, 2021 by Steven Engelfried

Award Worthy? : Heavy Medal’s Mock Newbery Suggestions through August

August 9, 2021 by Steven Engelfried   3 comments

August suggestions are now closed, with the totals for the year so far listed below. The top three titles so far are all novels in verse, but very different in their uses of the form. Eight new titles received suggestions this month, bringing our total to 56. Those new titles appear in red below.

We’ve opened suggestions up on the first Monday of the month so far, but we’ll switch it up a bit next time. The call for suggestions will be from August 30th to September 5th, and then the official Heavy Medal season will start right after Labor Day. It will be an interesting year…

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Keep in mind that our cumulated list always favors early-year publications. It’s hard for all participants to read the newest books right away, plus there are a bunch of fall releases about to come out. Still…this is a very good list!

TitleAuthorTotal
STARFISHFipps17
RED, WHITE, AND WHOLELaRocca12
AMBER AND CLAYSchlitz8
LION OF MARSHolm7
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AIDAN S.Levithan6
TOO BRIGHT TO SEELukoff6
MAYBE MARISOL RAINEYKelly5
SHAPE OF THUNDERWarga5
DA VINCI’S CATMurdock4
GONE TO THE WOODSPaulsen4
JUST LIKE THATSchmidt4
OPHIE’S GHOSTSIreland4
SEA IN WINTERDay4
UNSPEAKABLEWeatherford4
CHANCE TO FLYStroker3
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOMSloan3
MILO IMAGINES THE WORLDde la Pena3
ONE JAR OF MAGICHaydu3
PITY PARTYLane3
PLACE TO HANG THE MOONAlbus3
RACONTEUR’S COMMONPLACE BOOKMilford3
ROOT MAGICRoyce3
ALONEFreeman2
AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERSAlston2
ANCESTOR APPROVEDSmith2
FINDING JUNIE KIMOh2
GROUND ZEROGratz2
365 TO ALASKACarr1
ALMOST THERE AND ALMOST NOTUrban1
BEING CLEMCline-Ransome1
BILLY MILLER MAKES A WISHHenkes1
BOY WHO FAILED SHOW AND TELLSonnenblick1
DEAD WEDNESDAYSpinelli1
DELICATESThumler1
FABULOUS ZEB WATSON!Sylvester1
HARRY VS. THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF SCHOOLJenkins1
HOLLOW CHESTSandstrom1
IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUSRhuday-Perkovich1
JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEABourne1
LEGACY: WOMEN POETS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCEGrimes1
LEGEND OF AUNTIE POKhor1
MR. SUMMERLING’S SECRET CODEButler1
PEACEMAKERBruchac1
RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTHBarrone1
ROCK FROM THE SKYKlassen1
SAVING AMERICAN BEACHKing1
SEVENTH RAVENElliott1
SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEASmith1
SUNSHINEBauer1
TOOTH FAIRY DAY CELEBRATIONDitto1
TWENTY-ONE STEPSGottesfeld1
UNPLUGGEDKorman1
UNSETTLEDFaruqi1
WE ARE ALL UNDER ONE WIDE SKYWiles1
WE BECAME JAGUARSEggers1
YEAR I FLEW AWAYArnold1

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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. Steven Engelfried says

    August 19, 2021 at 3:53 am

    As part of the 100th Anniversary of the Newbery, the Center for Children’s Books is presenting a symposium that sounds fantastic. “The Newbery at 100” is a full-day of history and discussion of all things Newbery. Agenda, presenters and topics are listed here, with a link to register for the free Zoom event on November 5th.

  2. Roxanne Feldman says

    August 21, 2021 at 2:02 pm

    I’m reading Ophie’s Ghosts right now — loving it so far!

  3. Leonard Kim says

    August 24, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA may not be eligible. The author is described as “born and based in Barbados.”

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