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December 19, 2022 by Steven Engelfried

The Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Book Discussion Schedule

December 19, 2022 by Steven Engelfried   Leave a Comment

It’s been another busy year for Heavy Medal. Readers suggested books all year. Then nominated top titles throughout the fall. We finally decided on 16 titles for the final Heavy Medal Book List (HBML). And this past week a bunch of readers applied to take part in the Heavy Medal Award Committee (HMAC). Here’s what’s still to come as we get closer to the climax of our Mock Newbery season:

Heavy Medal Award Committee: Our roster is almost finalized; we’ll share the names of members later this week.

Practice Discussion: Before jumping into our official 16 finalists from the HMBL, we’ll try a practice round with a book that just missed the list. We’ll discuss MAIZY CHEN’S LAST CHANCE on Monday, December 26.

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Real Discussion: Beginning on Monday, January 2, the HMAC will be discussing the 16 titles on the HMBL here on the blog, with a new title almost every day. The list of dates and discussion titles is below. Heavy Medal readers who are not on the HMAC are welcome to join in.

The Final Five: Later in January, the HMAC will select five titles from the 16 as finalists. Date and method for that will be decided in a few weeks.

ZOOM Discussion: Members of the HMAC will discuss that Final Five in a live ZOOM discussion on Friday, January 27 at 1:00 pm EST. You can sign up for this free School Library Journal webcast at this link. The HMAC will select a Mock Newbery winner at the end of the Zoom event. Webcast viewers will also vote on a winner.

Youth Media Awards: Three days after we complete our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery ballots, the real Newbery winner will be announced on Monday, January 30, along with all of the other 2023 Youth Media Awards. The link to the live webcast will be added soon to the ALA Youth Media Awards page.

Emily and I will also squeeze in a couple more general posts in December, because we can’t stop writing about Newbery stuff. We’ll look at the key literary element of “style” (December 23) and also share what the last month of the Newbery season is like for the real committee members (December 30). Meanwhile, here is our schedule for discussing the books from HMBL:

DATETITLEAUTHOR
Mon Jan 2BLACK BIRD, BLUE ROADPasternack
Tue Jan 3BLUE: A HISTORY OF THE COLOR…Brew-Hammond
Wed Jan 4I MUST BETRAY YOUSepetys
Thu Jan 5SWIM TEAMChristmas
Fri Jan 6A ROVER’S STORYWarga
Sat Jan 7HOW TO BUILD A HUMANTurner
Mon Jan 9FARMHOUSEBlackall
Tue Jan 10THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANSBarnhill
Wed Jan 11MARSHMALLOW CLOUDSKooser & Wanek
Thu Jan 12THE DOOR OF NO RETURNAlexander
Fri Jan 13VIOLET AND JOBIE IN THE WILDPerkins
Sat Jan 14AVIVA VERSUS THE DYBBUKLowe
Mon Jan 16AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHTReynolds
Tue Jan 17ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANLGESKing
Wed Jan 18BERRY SONGGoade
Thu Jan 19THE LAST MAPMAKERSoontornvat
Sat/Sun Jan 21/22Final 5 Announced
Fri Jan 27Live ZOOM Discussion and Balloting

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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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