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June 13, 2022 by Steven Engelfried

Mock Newbery Update – Our List of First Half Suggestions

June 13, 2022 by Steven Engelfried   3 comments

Here’s our newly updated list of suggestions. These are the children’s books that Heavy Medal readers have put forward as potential contenders for the 2023 Newbery Medal. Since we only include books that have been officially published, there’s still six months worth of forthcoming titles that we haven’t seen, but the list already looks very strong.

  • There are 55 titles on the list.
  • 14 of those (more than 25%) appear for the first time.
  • 6 titles already have more than 8 suggestions.
  • 25 books (nearly half of the list) have been suggested by at least two people.

Lots of great choices for summer reading. The next call for suggestions will come out in this first week of July. Here’s the full list, with first-time titles noted with an asterisk:

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TitleAuthorTotal
THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANSBarnhill11
AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHTReynolds10
I MUST BETRAY YOUSepetys10
THOSE KIDS FROM FAWN CREEKKelly9
NEW FROM HEREYang8
THE LAST MAPMAKERSoontornvat8
ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIEConnor6
JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONEKeller6
LOVE IN THE LIBRARYTokuda-Hall6
ALIAS ANNA: A TRUE STORY ABOUT OUTWITTING THE NAZISHood4
DREAM ANNIE DREAMBrown4
LOUISA JUNE AND THE NAZIS IN THE WAVEElliott4
NORTHWINDPaulsen4
COMB OF WISHESStringfellow3
MAIZY CHEN’S LAST CHANCEYee3
OMAR RISINGSaeed3
A DUET FOR HOMEVan Glaser2
CRESS, WATERCRESSMaguire2
FALLING SHORT *Cisneros2
FREEWATERLuqman-Dawson2
HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN *Turner2
LITTLE MONARCHSCase2
MY OWN LIGHTNINGWolk2
SOLIMARRyan2
WISHING UPON THE SAME STARSFeldman2
A SONG CALLED HOME *Zarr1
AFRICAN TOWNLatham and Water1
AIRRoe1
ALL MY RAGETahir1
AND WE RISE *Martin1
AT THE END OF EVERYTHINGNijkamp1
AVIVA VS. THE DYBBUKLowe1
AWAY WITH WORDS *Hoberman1
BARE TREE AND LITTLE WINDPerkins1
BIG AND SMALL AND IN-BETWEEN *Higgins1
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT *Lukoff1
DREW LECLAIR GETS A CLUE *Bury1
EACH OF US A UNIVERSEFerruolo1
GIBBERISHVo1
IN THE KEY OF US *Lockington1
LAWLESS SPACESHaydu1
LOYALTYAvi1
MARSHMALLOW CLOUDSKooser and Wanek1
MOONWALKING *Elliot1
OUT OF RANGE *Lang1
STAR CHILD *Zoboi1
THE LEGEND OF GRAVITY *Palmer1
THE LUCKY ONESJackson1
THE PATRON THIEF OF BREADEager1
THE RED PALACEHur1
THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTERPeters1
TINY DINO *Freedman1
TO THE FRONTFriddell1
VINYL MOONBrowne1
WAYWARD CREATURESLorentz1

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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. Molly Sloan says

    June 14, 2022 at 5:19 pm

    Thank you for my summer reading list!

  2. Tamara DePasquale says

    June 27, 2022 at 11:23 am

    So glad to see “My Own Lightning” on this list. Wolk’s writing is just lovely. It’s one of my favorites so far this year!

  3. Emily Mroczek says

    July 1, 2022 at 7:08 pm

    I’m catching up on all these books and have so many thoughts! At least this gives me plenty of blog post ideas when we jump into action!

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