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Posts by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

May 9, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Many May Suggestions: First Quarter Mock Newbery Possibilities

In a month of 47 titles suggested for the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery- Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? and The Last Mapmaker have made their way up the list.

May 2, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Let’s Make Some May Suggestions!

We’re already in the month of MAY (don’t ask me how that happens!) And it is time for a new month of Heavy Medal suggestions. Details about how suggestions work are in Steven’s March post; but remember: No more than five suggestions, please save the rest for next month! (Less is fine too) Stick to […]

April 11, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Doubling the titles: April Heavy Medal Suggestions

Eighteen new titles were suggested this month, bringing us to a list of 32 total suggestions for the 2023 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery. I’m excited to have quite the expansive reading list. Imagine where the committee is now, with 15 members having no limit of suggested titles. (I may have gone overboard on suggestions some […]

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Call for April Mock Newbery Suggestions

April 4, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

It's time to suggest up to five titles of 2022 Newbery eligible books, for our April suggestion list.

Goodbye For Now

February 2, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

With the announcement of the 2022 Newbery Medal, this season of Heavy Medal comes to a close. We’ll return in September to look at contenders for the 2023 Newbery Medal. Between now and then, we’ll build a reading list of the top 20212 titles by asking readers to submit monthly discussions.

Frequently Asked Questions: About the Newbery Committee Experience

January 28, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

The Heavy Medal bloggers received many thoughtful questions during their live Mock Newbery discussions and answered some of them in on Heavy Medal.

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Heavy Medal Award Committee Live Zoom Results

January 21, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

There were more than 400 attendees at Heavy Medal's live Zoom Mock Newbery webcast where STARFISH won the Heavy Medal Mock Award and AMBER and CLAY claimed an honor.

Newbery 2022 Predictions

January 18, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

There are so many strong titles and possibilities for the 2022 Newbery. Here are some predictions in many different categories.

THE FINAL FIVE: Heavy Medal Mock Newbery 2022 Contenders

January 16, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

The votes were tight and the discussion was strong, but we finally have a final five Heavy Medal Book List. They are, in alphabetical order: AMBER AND CLAY JUST LIKE THAT OPHIE’S GHOSTS STARFISH WATERCRESS These are the five we will discuss in our live Zoom conversation on Friday, January 21 at 1 p.m. EST. […]

Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist- Watercress by Andrea Wang

January 12, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Andrea Wang's WATERCRESS is a gorgeous picture book with exemplary prose and juxtaposition says Heavy Medal Award Committee member Stephanie Saggione in her introduction. Join our Mock Newbery discussion of this picture book.

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