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August 29, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

It’s the Final Suggestions

August 29, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci   17 comments

The fun begins NEXT WEEK when we launch our 2023 Mock Newbery discussion on Heavy Medal. Now, we need to finish up our reading list by asking for our final five suggestions of possible contenders.

Please still keep to five suggestions and only books that have already been published. No worries, we still have nominations in October, November and December- so we can still talk about new books! The official committee continues suggestions to the end of the year, but that gets a bit too complicated for our blog.

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More information about how suggestions work can be found on this post from earlier this year. You can check this post for the list of suggestions so far; it’s fine to suggest titles that are already on the list.

We invite all readers to submit your September suggestions as well between now and Saturday, September 3rd. We’ll share the updated list on Monday, September 5th.

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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. Mary Lou White says

    August 30, 2022 at 11:04 am

    Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jason Griffin
    Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

  2. Kate Todd says

    August 30, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino

  3. Meredith says

    August 30, 2022 at 8:45 pm

    The Midnight Children, by Dan Gemeinhart.

  4. Kelly Sorrell says

    August 31, 2022 at 9:45 am

    The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kellie McIntyre. I can’t wait to share this with my students!!

  5. Jennifer Isbell says

    August 31, 2022 at 3:51 pm

    The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kellie McIntyre

  6. Brooke Vakakes says

    September 2, 2022 at 11:48 am

    The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kellie McIntyre

  7. Rox Anne Close says

    September 2, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    AFRICAN TOWN by Waters
    AND WE RISE by Martin
    THOSE KIDS FROM FAWN CREEK by Entrada Kelly
    THE LAST MAPMAKER by Soontornvat
    LOUISA JUNE AND THE NAZIS IN THE WAVES by Elliott

  8. Katrina says

    September 3, 2022 at 1:53 am

    Healer and Witch by Nancy Werlin
    I Must Betray You
    How to Build a Human

  9. Michelle Lettus says

    September 3, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    Yonder Ali Standish

  10. Matthew Bowers says

    September 3, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    Marshmallow Clouds (Kooser/Wanek)

    Augusta Savage (Nelson)

    I Must Betray You (Sepetys)

    Little Houses (Henkes)

    Berry Song (Goade)

  11. Kate Mccue-Day says

    September 3, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    The Ogress and the Orphans
    Big Rig
    Invisible

  12. Emily Mroczek (on behalf of Carol E) says

    September 3, 2022 at 2:57 pm

    these Suggestions are on behalf of Carol E who e-mailed me
    Healer and Witch by Nancy Werlin
    Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eager
    Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case
    Aint Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

  13. Amanda Bishop says

    September 3, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    Ain’t Burned All the Bright
    The Last Mapmaker
    The Last Beekeeper
    Different Kinds of Fruit
    Jennifer Chan is Not Alone

  14. Emily Mroczek says

    September 3, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    OK, so these are the four that when I look at our suggestions with are still sticking with me as high quality and suggestable! Writing on behalf of myself lol.

    Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly
    Solimar by Pam Munoz Ryan
    Cress, Watercress by Greg Maguire
    Turtle of Michigan by Naomi Shihab Nye

  15. Beth says

    September 3, 2022 at 6:00 pm

    Answers in the Pages / David Levithan
    Golden Girl / Reem Faruqi
    My Life Begins / Patricia MacLachlan
    The Sheep, the Rooster and the Duck / Matt Phelan
    The Star That Always Stays / Anna Rose Johnson

  16. Meliss Stewart says

    September 3, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer
    The Woman who Split the Atom by Marissa Moss

  17. Wanda says

    September 4, 2022 at 8:42 am

    Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller
    Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

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