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January 21, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci 4 Comments

Heavy Medal 2023 Mock Newbery: FINAL FIVE CONTENDERS

January 21, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci   4 comments

It took more than one vote, but the Heavy Medal Award Committee made it to a final five list. They are all middle grade, which is definitely a common Newbery occurrence (although less in years past). We will discuss the final five titles in our live Zoom session this Friday January 27th at 1:00 p.m. EST.

Without further ado, here they are: in alphabetical order:

AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT

THE DOOR OF NO RETURN

THE LAST MAPMAKER

THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS

A ROVER’S STORY

There’s still time to sign up for our live Zoom session. You’re welcome to attend, and don’t need to have read any of the books!

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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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  1. katherine doyle says

    January 22, 2023 at 11:24 pm

    What is a freelance librarian?

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    • Emily Mroczek-Bayci says

      January 23, 2023 at 8:10 pm

      Basically I am not committed to one library, but I am a working librarian that does contract work and substitutes and does programming at many different libraries!

      Reply
  2. Dana says

    January 24, 2023 at 9:10 am

    I don’t know that I would call these “all middle grade.” Amazon puts Ain’t Burned All the Bright as ages 12 and up and Mackin puts the interest level at grades 7-12. At all 21 independent libraries in my regional library system, it is shelved in YA, not juvenile/middle grade.

    I, personally, would also hesitate to call Door of No Return middle grade, but I don’t have any stats to back that one up. I haven’t purchased it for my elementary school library yet, though. I do have all three of the others on my shelves.

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    • Emily Mroczek-Bayci says

      January 24, 2023 at 9:51 am

      Yep, I might have been broad with my middle grade term, probably should of just said fiction!

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