September Suggestion Totals: 83 Total Contenders
We have finished up our final round of suggestions for Heavy Medal 2025 Mock Newbery. The real committee keeps suggesting all year, but here we focus on nominations instead. We have 337 suggestions for a total of 83 titles with FERRIS by Kate DiCamillo still leading the way followed closely by THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMAN AND LOUDER THAN HUNGER. Although suggestions are done, the year is still young and there will be lots of book discussion coming as Steven and I gear into full speed and many books are yet to be published! Here’s our suggestion list to date:
| FERRIS | DiCamillo | 23 |
| THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMAN | Choldenko | 21 |
| LOUDER THAN HUNGER | Schu | 19 |
| THE FIRST STATE OF BEING | Kelly | 17 |
| AND THEN, BOOM! | Fipps | 15 |
| NOT QUITE A GHOST | Ursu | 15 |
| TREE. TABLE. BOOK | Lowry | 14 |
| MAX IN THE HOUSE OF SPIES | Gidwitz | 12 |
| OLIVETTI | Millington | 12 |
| MID-AIR | Williams | 10 |
| THE COLOR OF SOUND | Isler | 9 |
| THE NIGHT WAR | Bradley | 9 |
| THE WRONG WAY HOME | O’Shaughnessy | 9 |
| KYRA, JUST FOR TODAY | Zarr | 8 |
| MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL | Miller | 8 |
| LIGHT AND AIR | Wendell | 7 |
| THE GIRL WHO SANG | Nadel | 7 |
| THE ENIGMA GIRLS | Fleming | 6 |
| AMIL AND THE AFTER | Hiranandani | 5 |
| ONE BIG OPEN SKY | Cline-Ransome | 5 |
| THE SECRET LIBRARY | Magoon | 5 |
| BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS | Watson | 4 |
| DEEP WATER | Sumner | 4 |
| ISABEL IN BLOOM | Respicio | 4 |
| PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID | Brosgol | 4 |
| SONA AND THE GOLDEN BEASTS | LaRocca | 4 |
| TELEPHONE OF THE TREE | McGhee | 4 |
| THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS | Kelley | 4 |
| ACROSS SO MANY SEAS | Behar | 3 |
| SHARK TEETH | Winston | 3 |
| *ALL ABOUT U.S. | Lamothe | 2 |
| *JUPITER RISING | Schmidt | 2 |
| *WHEN WISHES WERE HORSES | Voigt | 2 |
| A FLICKER OF HOPE | Harmony | 2 |
| CONTINENTAL DRIFTER | MacLeod | 2 |
| COYOTE LOST AND FOUND | Gemeinhart | 2 |
| FORCE OF NATURE | Burg | 2 |
| LEAFY LANDMARKS | Schaub | 2 |
| MEDUSA | Marsh | 2 |
| NOT THE WORST FRIEND IN THE WORLD | Rellihan | 2 |
| THE HOUSE BEFORE FALLING INTO THE SEA | Wang | 2 |
| THE LAST APPLE TREE | Mills | 2 |
| THE SCIENCE OF FRIENDSHIP | Davis | 2 |
| ULTRAVIOLET | Salazar | 2 |
| WITCH HUNT | Balis & Levy | 1 |
| *ASH’S CABIN | Wang | 1 |
| *CALL ME ROBERTO | Alonso | 1 |
| *HOW IT ALL ENDS | Hunsinger | 1 |
| *I’M FROM HERE, TOO | Sheth | 1 |
| *KWAME CRASHES THE UNDERWORLD | Farmer | 1 |
| *NOT NOTHING | Forman | 1 |
| *OUTSPOKEN PAUL ROBESON | Weatherford | 1 |
| *RISING FROM THE ASHES | Yoo | 1 |
| *SCHOOL FOR INVISIBLE BOYS | Hutchinson | 1 |
| *SPIRIT SLEUTHS | Jarrow | 1 |
| *THE DICTIONARY STORY | Jeffers | 1 |
| *THE FRINDLE FILES | Clements | 1 |
| *THE IGUANODON’S HORN | Rubin | 1 |
| *THE WORLD DIVIDED BY PIPER | Carter | 1 |
| *THOMAS JEFFERSON’S BATTLE FOR SCIENCE | Anderson | 1 |
| *WHAT IS COLOR | Weinberg | 1 |
| *WINNIE NASH IS NOT YOUR SUNSHINE | Melleby | 1 |
| *YOUNG HAG AND THE WITCHES’ QUEST | Greenberg | 1 |
| AMERICAN WINGS | Smith & Wein | 1 |
| BEFORE THE SHIPS | Oso | 1 |
| BREAKING INTO SUNLIGHT | Cochran | 1 |
| BRIDGE TO BAT CITY | Cline | 1 |
| CATS OF SILVER CRESCENT | Noel | 1 |
| CLIMBING THE VOLCANO | Manley | 1 |
| GOOSEBERERY | Gow | 1 |
| GREAT GUSTS | Crower & Benedict | 1 |
| KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET | Anderson | 1 |
| KEEPING PACE | Morrison | 1 |
| LIFE AFTER WHALE | Brunelle | 1 |
| LIFE CHANGING MAGIC OF CHESS | Ashley | 1 |
| MANI SEMILLA FINDS HER QUEZTAL VOICE | Lapera | 1 |
| THE MISFITS #1: A ROYAL CONUNDRUM | Yee | 1 |
| THE PERFECT PLACE | De la Pena | 1 |
| THEY CALL ME NO SAM | Daywalt | 1 |
| VOLCANOES | Beckerman | 1 |
| WALKIN’ THE DOG | Lynch | 1 |
| WE WHO PRODUCE PEARLS | Ho | 1 |
| WITH TWICE THE LOVE, DESSIE MEI | Chen | 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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What does the asterisk by some of the titles mean?
The asterisk means the book is appearing on our suggestions list for the first time.