Mock Newbery Suggestions Round 4
After three months of reader suggestions, our current list of Mock Newbery titles stands at 36 books. During our June suggestion period, which stays open through Saturday, June 8th, readers are invited to continue to built that list by suggesting up to five Newbery-eligible titles. You can add your support for books that are already on the list and/or recommend new titles that haven’t been suggested. We just need titles and authors, but you’re welcome to add a comment or two if you choose. Please hold off on suggesting any titles that haven’t been actually published yet…if you’ve read an advance copy that you love, save it for a future month. More details about our suggestion process can be found in this post from earlier this year. We’ll continue to call for new suggestions at the start of every month, then jump into discussion-mode in September.
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About Steven Engelfried
Steven Engelfried retired from full-time library work a couple years ago and now works as a part-time Youth Librarian at the West Linn Public Library in Oregon. 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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THE NIGHT WAR
THE FIRST STATE OF BEING
KYRA, JUST FOR TODAY
The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon
The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell
THE NIGHT WAR by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and
LOUDER THAN HUNGER by John Schu
Thanks!
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
On the first read though I hyper-fixated on the vocabulary. Second, more critical reading had me checking all the Newbery rubric boxes.
Tree. Table. Book.
The Secret Library
The Girl Who Sang
Ferris – Kate DiCamillo
Continental Drifter – Kathy MacLeod
Kyra, Just for Today – Sara Zarr ; This incredibly well-written book tackles such an important subject matter (parent with an addiction) and I just thought ‘This book can really save lives and give a lot of comfort to kids in desperate situations.’
Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu
KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET by John David Anderson
AND THEN, BOOM! by Lisa Fipps
TELEPHONE OF THE TREE by Alison McGhee
Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison
The Color Of Sound by Emily Barth Isler
And then, Boom by Lisa Fipps
I only have one to recommend as I haven’t read as much as I’d have liked to. The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. I thought this was a solid historical fiction book. I think some of her other books are better but I still really enjoyed this one. It was also nice to learn some things from history I wasn’t familiar with.
Tree Table Book by Lois Lowery
Olivetti by Allie Millington
Olivetti by Allie Millington
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
Louder than Hunger by John Schu
Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu (I will sing this one’s praises forevermore!)
Not Quite a Ghost, by Anne Ursu
This suggestion didn’t come through right originally, but it’s from Jean Holmblad (thanks Jean!):
One more vote for “Black Girl You Are Atlas” and “Leafy Landmarks”. Please add “Isabel in Bloom” by Mae Respicio. The latter is a gorgeous novel in verse, utilizing a wide variety of poetry forms.
KYRA, JUST FOR TODAY by Sara Zarr
Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu
The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell
The Secret Language of Birds
Lynne Kelly
I have 6 this month because I didn’t suggest last month. Getting back in the reading groove after baby, Maybe I’ll actually do the next post for Steven!!
one big open sky, sona and the golden beasts, the color of sound, olivetti, mid air, strong as fire/ fierce as flame,
AND THEN, BOOM! by Lisa Fipps
GREAT GUSTS by Melanie Crower & Megan Benedict
MID-AIR by Alicia D. Williams
PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID by Vera Brosgol
SHARK TEETH by Sherri Winston
We’ll still take June suggestions through today (Saturday). And post the updated totals on Monday…
The Color of Sound—Emily Barth Isler
Thanks for all the suggestions! The June period is now closed. Look for an updated totals list tomorrow, and we’ll open up July suggestions on the 1st of that month.