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October 10, 2022 by Steven Engelfried

October Nomination Results: a mapmaker’s apprentice, the Romanian revolution, and human evolution lead the way

October 10, 2022 by Steven Engelfried   4 comments

32 people participated in our nomination process for October, each naming their top three Newbery contenders so far. Some highlights:

  • A total of 42 titles are on the list.
  • No title received as many as ten nominations. THE LAST MAPMAKER leads the way with nine.
  • 22 books received a single nomination. For comparison, only 15 received a single nomination last year, with roughly the same number of voters.
  • One book that hadn’t received any suggestions (SWIM TEAM) jumped up the list with five nominations.
  • The general sense I get from these results is that there are no real clear favorites so far, at least among Heavy Medal readers. Who knows what the real committee is thinking…?

The difference between “suggestions” (which we did from March – September) and “nominations” is important. Suggestions are the books that people feel are worth reading and thinking about, even if they might not be the best of the best. Just for fun, I divided number of nominations by number of suggestions to get a percentage for the top 10 suggested titles.

From this, I’m assuming that titles with lower percentages are ones that readers appreciated, but felt they weren’t strong enough compared to others, or maybe had flaws that would prevent them from contending. Another possibility: people assumed that others would nominate those titles, since the books had done so well in the suggestion rounds. So we may see people swing back around and nominate these more in November or December. In other words…it really doesn’t tell us anything…I just think it’s fun to play around with this stuff.

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Here’s the full list of Heavy Medal Mock Newbery nominations for October. We’ll open up November nominations on October 1st.:

TitleAuthorTotal
THE LAST MAPMAKERSoontornvat9
I MUST BETRAY YOUSepetys8
HOW TO BUILD A HUMANTurner7
LOVE IN THE LIBRARYTokuda-Hall5
SWIM TEAMChristmas5
THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANSBarnhill5
AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHTReynolds4
AND WE RISEMartin3
JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONEKeller3
A DUET FOR HOMEVan Glaser2
AFRICAN TOWNLatham and Water2
ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIEConnor2
AVIVA VS. THE DYBBUKLowe2
CRESS, WATERCRESSMaguire2
HEALER AND WITCHWerlin2
INVISIBLEGonzalez2
MOONWALKINGElliot2
NEW FROM HEREYang2
STAR CHILDZoboi2
THOSE KIDS FROM FAWN CREEKKelly2
ABSURD WORDSLazar1
AIRRoe1
ALIAS ANNA: A TRUE STORY ABOUT OUTWITTING THE NAZISHood1
ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLESKing1
BERRY SONGGoade1
COMB OF WISHESStringfellow1
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUITLukoff1
FALLING SHORTCisneros1
FOOTPRINTS ACROSS THE PLANETSwanson1
IN THE KEY OF USLockington1
MAIZY CHEN’S LAST CHANCEYee1
MARSHMALLOW CLOUDSKooser & Wanek1
MY OWN LIGHTNINGWolk1
NORTHWINDPaulsen1
SECRETS OF THE LOST CITYMarkle1
SEEN AND UNSEENPartridge1
THE FIRST THING ABOUT YOUHayden1
THE PATRON THIEF OF BREADEager1
THE WOMAN WHO SPLIT THE ATOMMoss1
VIOLET AND JOBIE IN THE WILDPerkins1
WAVEFarid1
WINDSWEPTPreus1

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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. Julie A Williams says

    October 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

    Mighty Inside is a 2021 title.

    • Steven Engelfried says

      October 10, 2022 at 8:31 pm

      Thanks for catching Julie. MIGHTY INSIDE by Frazier was published in October 2021, so we’ve removed it from the list of nominations.

  2. Laura says

    October 11, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    This is so interesting! Especially intriguing to see the books that have more nominations than suggestions.

    • Cherylynn says

      October 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm

      I know that I nominated something I had not suggested because I just recently finished it. This jumped it up the line from other books that I had suggested.

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