And now there are 38: May Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Suggestions
This month’s Heavy Medal Mock Newbery suggestion round up brought a plethora (5) more suggestions for our now strong frontrunner SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow, along with 14 new suggestions and love for early May publications THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY by Katherine Applegate and A WORK IN PROGRESS by Jarrett Lerner. Our next suggestions open in June.
| SIMON SORT OF SAYS | Bow | 9 |
| A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING | Santat | 3 |
| AN AMERICAN STORY | Alexander | 3 |
| *THE MANY ASSASSINATIONS OF SAMIR, THE SELLER OF DREAMS | Nayeri | 3 |
| YOU ARE HERE: CONNECTING FLIGHTS | Oh | 3 |
| ALL THE BEATING HEARTS | Fogliano | 2 |
| NEARER MY FREEDOM | Edinger & Younge | 2 |
| THAT FLAG | Brown | 2 |
| THE WINDEBY PUZZLE | Lowry | 2 |
| BEAKY BARNES: EGG ON THE LOOSE | Stein | 2 |
| FOR LAMB | Kline-Ransome | 2 |
| HENRY LIKE ALWAYS | Bailey | 2 |
| MY RED, WHITE, AND, BLUE | Tyson | 2 |
| *THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY | Applegate | 2 |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO RACHEL RILEY | Swinarski | 2 |
| *BUFFALO FLATS | Leavitt | 1 |
| BIG TREE | Selznick | 1 |
| *ANINA DEL MAR JUMPS IN | Mendez | 1 |
| A CROWN FOR CORINA | Kemp | 1 |
| EVERGREEN | Cordell | 1 |
| IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY | Dunlap | 1 |
| JOVITA WORE PANTS | Salazar | 1 |
| JUST JERRY | Pinkney | 1 |
| *LASAGNA MEANS I LOVE YOU | O’Shaughnessy | 1 |
| LEEVA AT LAST | Pennypacker | 1 |
| LOVE IS LOUD | Wallace | 1 |
| *THE LOST YEAR | Marsh | 1 |
| *MIRROR TO MIRROR | LaRocca | 1 |
| *MY HEAD HAS A BELLYACHE | Harris | 1 |
| *NELL PLANTS A TREE | Wynter | 1 |
| *NO MATTER THE DISTANCE | Baldwin | 1 |
| *NOT AN EASY WIN | Giles | 1 |
| ONCE UPON A BOOK | Lin & Messner | 1 |
| *OUR ROOF IS BLUE | Echenique | 1 |
| *SCHOOL TRIP | Craft | 1 |
| *SUPERPOD | iNckum | 1 |
| THIS IS NOT MY HOME | Yoh and Chang | 1 |
| WHEN SEA BECOMES SKY | McDunn | 1 |
| *A WORK IN PROGRESS | Lerner | 1 |
Filed under: Suggestions
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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I think THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY is by Katherine Applegate, not Kate DiCamillo.
Oops! You are very right on that, thanks
I have in my notes that MY HEAD HAS A BELLYACHE isn’t released until July 18?
That is correct. We ask readers to only suggest published books, but some slip thru. I’m looking forward to reading it!
Keep an eye out for The Death and Life of Benny Brooks. The book doesn’t drop until October, but wow. It is special.
You Are Here is such a tricky one with so many authors.
That Flag was SO impactful. Wow
And honestly, I almost think I like The One and Only Ruby BETTER than The One and Only Ivan.
I loved A First Time for Everything and School Trip! Both were so good! An American Story was so impactful too!