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November 7, 2022 by Steven Engelfried

The Results Are In! Here’s our updated list of Heavy Medal Mock Newbery nominations

November 7, 2022 by Steven Engelfried   11 comments

Our November nomination period is closed. Here are a few notes from the latest results:

  • Readers added 32 nominations this month, and more than half of them (19) are for books that were not nominated in October. The 15 new titles are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
  • Seven of those new nominations are for books that were released in September or later. Keeping up on those fall publications is always a challenge for Newbery committees, so thanks to everyone who is reading so diligently.
  • Of the 58 books on our list, exactly 50% of them have only one nomination so far. For comparison, that number was 40% at this point last year. Possibly an indicator that this year may be even more unpredictable than usual.
  • That comparison from last year fits at the top too. We have just one title with ten or more nominations and only seven with four or more. Last year we had five at ten+ and 13 with at least four.

We’ll open up December nominations in about four weeks. That will be the final nomination period, with everyone adding two more titles to reach a total of seven. Meanwhile, here is the complete list of nominations to date:

TitleAuthorTotal
THE LAST MAPMAKERSoontornvat10
I MUST BETRAY YOUSepetys9
HOW TO BUILD A HUMANTurner8
LOVE IN THE LIBRARYTokuda-Hall5
THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANSBarnhill5
SWIM TEAMChristmas5
AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHTReynolds4
AND WE RISEMartin3
ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLESKing3
AVIVA VS. THE DYBBUKLowe3
* BLACK BIRD, BLUE ROADPasternack3
A DUET FOR HOMEVan Glaser3
JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONEKeller3
MAIZY CHEN’S LAST CHANCEYee3
AFRICAN TOWNLatham and Water2
ALIAS ANNA: A TRUE STORY ABOUT OUTWITTING THE NAZISHood2
ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIEConnor2
BERRY SONGGoade2
* BLUEBrew-Hammond2
CRESS, WATERCRESSMaguire2
HEALER AND WITCHWerlin2
IN THE KEY OF USLockington2
INVISIBLEGonzalez2
MOONWALKINGElliot2
NEW FROM HEREYang2
THE PATRON THIEF OF BREADEager2
STAR CHILDZoboi2
THOSE KIDS FROM FAWN CREEKKelly2
* YONDERStandish2
ABSURD WORDSLazar1
AIRRoe1
* BARE TREE AND LITTLE WINDPerkins1
* BIG AND SMALL AND IN-BETWEENHiggens1
* CELIA PLANTED A GARDENRoot1
A COMB OF WISHESStringfellow1
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUITLukoff1
* THE DOOR OF NO RETURNAlexander1
FALLING SHORTCisneros1
* FARMHOUSEBlackal1
THE FIRST THING ABOUT YOUHayden1
FOOTPRINTS ACROSS THE PLANETSwanson1
* GOBLIN MARKETZahler1
MARSHMALLOW CLOUDSKooser & Wanek1
MIGHTY INSIDEFrazier1
MY OWN LIGHTNINGWolk1
NORTHWINDPaulsen1
* ODDERApplegate1
* OH SALHenkes1
* RUBY FINLEY VS. THE INTERSTELLAR INVASIONBradford1
SECRETS OF THE LOST CITYMarkle1
SEEN AND UNSEENPartridge1
* STAR THAT ALWAYS STAYSJohnson1
* THE VANDERBEEKERS ON THE ROADGlaser1
* VICTORY STANDSmith et al1
VIOLET AND JOBIE IN THE WILDPerkins1
WAVEFarid1
WINDSWEPTPreus1
THE WOMAN WHO SPLIT THE ATOMMoss1

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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. Emily Mroczek (Bayci) says

    November 7, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    So many new post ideas from this list!! a comparison to 2022 “best of lists,” one nomination titles…. a “how are we doing, what are we missing” list… poetry titles…

    Are there any posts that everyone would like to read?!

    • Rosie says

      November 7, 2022 at 10:26 pm

      Books about families might be fun as a themed post! Will you be discussing each book that has received a nomination?

      • Emily Mroczek-Bayci says

        November 12, 2022 at 3:42 pm

        oh good idea Rosie! We use the nominations as a base for our posts and for our final reading list- so we won’t discuss every book, but many of them!! I’m attempting to link back to our discussions of posts on this list, so people can comment there on specific titles (they can also comment on this post too!)

        • Rosie says

          November 12, 2022 at 5:15 pm

          Thank you!! So looking forward to these next posts!

  2. Dana says

    November 8, 2022 at 11:16 am

    Man, I must not have read the same Last Mapmaker as everyone else. I just did not find it very memorable! The elementary librarians in my district read it as a book club choice this summer, and I don’t think any of us were very impressed, actually.

    • DaNae C Leu says

      November 9, 2022 at 6:06 pm

      As much as I loved her first two Newbery honored books, I did find this book severely lacking in continuity and also the payoff at the end.

  3. Elizabeth says

    November 8, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    I found this quite late and wish I could have nominated Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson, which came out very early in the year so it fell off everyone’s radar. It is a great read!

  4. Steven Engelfried says

    November 8, 2022 at 1:56 pm

    Sorry you missed the November deadline, Elizabeth, but we will have one more nomination period at the beginning of December. The real committee must submit their seven nominations monthly: three in October, two in November, and two in December. We kind of follow that here on Heavy Medal, but we’re more loose. If anyone has missed either or both of the first two nomination periods, you can catch up in December and nominate more than two, as long as your total reached seven.

  5. NikkiL says

    November 10, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    I’m late to the dance. How/where do we submit nominations in December?

    • Steven Engelfried says

      November 10, 2022 at 8:25 pm

      Our plan is to open December nominations on Monday, November 28. A little early, because we want the final nominations in early enough to help us decide on our final Mock Newbery list. They’ll close on Saturday, December 3. That’s our plan, anyway…sometimes Emily and I switch things up, but I think those dates will stand…

  6. Emily Mroczek-Bayci says

    November 12, 2022 at 3:44 pm

    Also of note, if you haven’t nominated yet you are allowed to nominate seven titles total. Typically it’s three in October, two in November two in December, but we let people do it all at once here!

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