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March 14, 2022 by Steven Engelfried

March Suggestions: A list of early Mock Newbery candidates

March 14, 2022 by Steven Engelfried   Leave a Comment

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The first round of “suggestions” for our 2023 is now complete. Our list so far includes 13 titles. The five books that received multiple recommendations show a pretty broad range of formats and styles. They include a historical adventure novel by the late Gary Paulsen, a picture book set in an incarceration camp, new titles by the 2017 and 2018 Newbery winners, and a Reynolds/Griffin collaboration that I don’t know how to categorize.

We’ll call for suggestions again in early April. Here’s the current list of titles:

TitleAuthorTotal
AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHTReynolds3
NORTHWINDPaulsen3
LOVE IN THE LIBRARYTokuda-Hall2
OGRESS AND THE ORPHANSBarnhill2
THOSE KIDS FROM FAWN CREEKKelly2
ANYONE HERE SEEN FRENCHIEConnor1
COMB OF WISHESStringfellow1
FREEWATERLuqman-Dawson1
I MUST BETRAY YOUSepetys1
LOYALTYAvi1
OMAR RISINGSaeed1
WAYWARD CREATURESLorentz1
WISHING UPON THE SAME STARSFeldman1

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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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