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April 4, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Call for April Mock Newbery Suggestions

April 4, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci   15 comments

It’s time to share April suggestions as part of the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery process. A month ago, our first round of suggestions got us started with a starting list of 13 titles. As the list of 2022 publications grows, we’ll build this list by soliciting suggestions from readers every month. Details about how suggestions work are in Steven’s March post; here are a couple of key reminders:

Omar Rising, a 2022 publication.
  • Only books that have been published are eligible. If you’re read an Advanced Reader’s Copy, you will just need to wait until its publication date to suggest it for this blog. We open suggestions for one week on the first Monday of each month.
  • It’s okay to suggest titles that others have already selected. That gives us a good sense of which books are connecting with the most readers. But you can only suggest and individual title once during the year.
  • We limit suggestions to five titles per month. Less is fine too. The real Newbery Committee typically does not limit the number, but we’re doing it here just to keep things manageable.

Please add your suggestions for April in the comments below between now and Sunday, April 10th. We’ll publish the updated list on April 11th.

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About Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Emily Mroczek (Bayci) is a freelance children’s librarian in the Chicago suburbs. She served on the 2019 Newbery committee. You can reach her at emilyrmroczek@gmail.com.

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Comments

  1. Sarah M. says

    April 4, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    DREAM, ANNIE, DREAM by Waka T. Brown
    LOVE IN THE LIBRARY by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

  2. Jennifer says

    April 5, 2022 at 8:03 am

    Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves by L.M. Elliott

  3. Meredith BUrton says

    April 5, 2022 at 10:29 am

    1. I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys.
    2. Ain’t BUrned All the Bright, by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin.
    3. The Ogress and the Orphans, by Kelly Barnhill.
    4. Bare Tree and Little Wind, by Mitali Perkins.

  4. Windy says

    April 5, 2022 at 11:41 am

    THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS br Kelly Barnhill
    I MUST BETRAY YOU by Ruta Sepetys
    LOUISA JUNE AND THE NAZIS IN THE WAVES by L.M. Elliott
    ALIAS ANNA: A TRUE STORY OF OUTWITTING THE NAZIS by Susan Hood
    AFRICAN TOWN by Irene Latham and Charles Water

    So many good books already!!! I have more to suggest, but I will have to wait until next month =)

  5. Eileen says

    April 5, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
    At The End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
    The Red Palace by June Hur
    Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu
    Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne

    This is my first time commenting! I can’t wait to see this list grow.

  6. JA says

    April 6, 2022 at 10:47 am

    1. A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow
    2. Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
    3. Solimar by Pam Munoz Ryan

  7. Katrina says

    April 6, 2022 at 4:03 pm

    Air by Monica Roe

  8. Steven Engelfried says

    April 7, 2022 at 11:07 pm

    I MUST BETRAY YOU by Ruta Sepetys
    NEW FROM HERE by Kelly Yang
    THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS by Kelly Barnhill

  9. Christy Brennan says

    April 8, 2022 at 9:18 am

    New From Here by Kelly Yang
    Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

  10. Dana says

    April 8, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    DREAM ANNIE DREAM, Brown
    A COMB OF WISHES, Stringfellow
    THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTER, Peters

    • Dana says

      April 8, 2022 at 2:01 pm

      Oops, thought I did this once last month, but I didn’t.
      EACH OF US A UNIVERSE, Ferruolo

  11. Richelle Wilson says

    April 9, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    Alias Anna by Susan Good with Greg Dawson, Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly, and New From Here Kelly Yang.

    • Richelle Wilson says

      April 9, 2022 at 10:36 pm

      Typo Susan “Hood”

  12. samuel leopold says

    April 10, 2022 at 4:17 am

    SOLIMAR by Pam Munoz Ryan

    NEW FROM HERE by K.Yang

  13. Emily Mroczek-Bayci says

    April 10, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    im here b4 the bell

    OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS
    TO THE FRONT by Claudia Friddell
    GIBBERISH by Young Vo

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