August Suggestion Totals:
In our second-to-last suggestion pool, we received 65 suggestions for a total of62 books with 13 new titles. THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMAN again received an overwhelming amount of love, but did not surpass FERRIS for the lead quite yet.
After being underwhelmed by books this year, I am determined to read EVERYTHING and find a slew of amazing titles to rave about for next suggestion period. Which will open August 26, before we jump into another season of Heavy Medal.
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| FERRIS | DiCamillo | 21 |
| LOUDER THAN HUNGER | Schu | 18 |
| THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMAN | Choldenko | 18 |
| THE FIRST STATE OF BEING | Kelly | 16 |
| NOT QUITE A GHOST | Ursu | 14 |
| TREE. TABLE. BOOK | Lowry | 13 |
| MAX IN THE HOUSE OF SPIES | Gidwitz | 11 |
| AND THEN, BOOM! | Fipps | 10 |
| THE COLOR OF SOUND | Isler | 9 |
| OLIVETTI | Millington | 9 |
| THE NIGHT WAR | Bradley | 8 |
| MID-AIR | Williams | 8 |
| THE GIRL WHO SANG | Nadel | 7 |
| KYRA, JUST FOR TODAY | Zarr | 7 |
| LIGHT AND AIR | Wendell | 7 |
| MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL | Miller | 7 |
| THE WRONG WAY HOME | O’Shaughnessy | 6 |
| THE ENIGMA GIRLS | Fleming | 5 |
| AMIL AND THE AFTER | Hiranandani | 4 |
| DEEP WATER | Sumner | 4 |
| THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS | Kelley | 4 |
| THE SECRET LIBRARY | Magoon | 4 |
| ISABEL IN BLOOM | Respicio | 4 |
| ONE BIG OPEN SKY | Cline-Ransome | 4 |
| SONA AND THE GOLDEN BEASTS | LaRocca | 4 |
| BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS | Watson | 3 |
| PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID | Brosgol | 3 |
| SHARK TEETH | Winston | 3 |
| TELEPHONE OF THE TREE | McGhee | 3 |
| ACROSS SO MANY SEAS | Behar | 2 |
| COYOTE LOST AND FOUND | Gemeinhart | 2 |
| LEAFY LANDMARKS | Schaub | 2 |
| CONTINENTAL DRIFTER | MacLeod | 2 |
| A FLICKER OF HOPE | Harmony | 2 |
| FORCE OF NATURE | Burg | 2 |
| NOT THE WORST FRIEND IN THE WORLD | Rellihan | 2 |
| AMERICAN WINGS | Smith & Wein | 1 |
| BREAKING INTO SUNLIGHT | Cochran | 1 |
| CLIMBING THE VOLCANO | Manley | 1 |
| GREAT GUSTS | Crower & Benedict | 1 |
| THE HOUSE BEFORE FALLING INTO THE SEA | Wang | 1 |
| KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET | Anderson | 1 |
| KEEPING PACE | Morrison | 1 |
| THE LAST APPLE TREE | Mills | 1 |
| MEDUSA | Marsh | 1 |
| THE MISFITS #1: A ROYAL CONUNDRUM | Yee | 1 |
| WALKIN’ THE DOG | Lynch | 1 |
| WITCH HUNT | Balis & Levy | 1 |
| WITH TWICE THE LOVE, DESSIE MEI | Chen | 1 |
| *BEFORE THE SHIPS | Oso | 1 |
| *BRIDGE TO BAT CITY | Cline | 1 |
| *CATS OF SILVER CRESCENT | Noel | 1 |
| *GOOSEBERERY | Gow | 1 |
| *LIFE AFTER WHALE | Brunelle | 1 |
| *LIFE CHANGING MAGIC OF CHESS | Ashley | 1 |
| *MANI SEMILLA FINDS HER QUEZTAL VOICE | Lapera | 1 |
| *THE PERFECT PLACE | De la Pena | 1 |
| *THE SCIENCE OF FRIENDSHIP | Davis | 2 |
| *THEY CALL ME NO SAM | Daywalt | 1 |
| *ULTRAVIOLET | Salazar | 2 |
| *VOLCANOES | Beckerman | 1 |
| *WE WHO PRODUCE PEARLS | Ho | 1 |
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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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With the last submissions period opening in late August, is there any process to include books published in September, October, or November in the final discussions?
Great question Owen. We will explain everything in our introduction posts once September hits but here’s the short version: we move to nominating books in October where like the actual Newbery Committee we nominate 3 books in Oct, 2 in Nov, 2 in Dec and build a new shorter list. The actual committee keeps suggesting and nominating but we found that gets too messy on the internet. Titles do not need to be suggested to be nominated! Hope this helps, keep the questions coming!