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    Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: BLACK BIRD, BLUE ROAD by Sofiya Pasternack

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, January 2, 2023 | Book Discussion, Heavy Medal Mock

    A September publication that made the Early Six, Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack features Jewish lore, angels, demons and sibling love. Heavy Medal committee member Aryssa Damron kicks off our official discussions.

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    Maizy Chen’s Last Chance: A Practice Discussion

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 26, 2022 | Book Discussion, Heavy Medal Mock

    The official Heavy Medal book discussions start next week. Today we feature a practice discussion about Maizy Chen's Last Chance, a 2023 Newbery contender that received five Heavy Medal nominations but did not make our final list.

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    Meet the 2023 Mock Newbery Heavy Medal Award Committee

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 21, 2022 | Heavy Medal Mock, Process

    We are happy to introduce this year’s Heavy Medal Award Committee (HMAC). Our 17 members will introduce and discuss the 16 titles on our Heavy Medal Book List (HMBL) here on Heavy Medal, beginning January 2nd (with a practice discussion on Monday December 26th).

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    The Tough Goodbyes: Books Left off the Heavy Medal Book List

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 16, 2022 | Book Discussion

    85 titles were suggested on Heavy Medal this year, then 68 titles were nominated. We narrowed it down to 6 for an “Early 6 Booklist” and then 16 for our final Heavy Booklist. Getting it down to 16 was not easy and we wanted to share some of the titles that sadly “didn’t make the […]

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    2023 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Book List

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 14, 2022 | Book Discussion, Heavy Medal Mock

    It was a long phone call, there was a lot of debate and changes and negogiations, Steven may have cried (just kidding he didn’t cry), but we made a 2023 Heavy Medal Book List! A few points: AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT- Jason Reynolds ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLES- A.S. King AVIVIA VS. THE DYBBUK– […]

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    Calling all Mock Newbery Enthusiasts: Join the 2023 Heavy Medal Award Committee

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 9, 2022 | Uncategorized

    Do you love children’s literature? Is Heavy Medal bookmarked on your computer Do you dream of being on the Newbery Committee one day? If you answered yes to any of those questions, consider joining the 2023 Heavy Medal Award Committee! After nearly a year of reading, months of discussion, and 68 strong nominations, it’s time to […]

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    What books should be on our 2023 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Book List?

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 7, 2022 | Book Discussion, Heavy Medal Mock

    With 68 titles on our Heavy Medal nominations list, we need to narrow it down to 12-15 for our final book list. Please fill out our poll by Monday December 12 at 5:00 pm to help us determine which titles we should discuss.

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    Sensing the Setting: Newbery Criteria Deep Dive

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, December 2, 2022 | Book Discussion

    In the fifth of a six part series where we look at Newbery 2023 potentials and the Newbery criteria, today we focus on delineation of setting. This includes time period, location, any world building and beyond.

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    Final Call for Mock Newbery Nominations: Select two final books for December

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, November 28, 2022 | Nominations

    It's your final opportunity to nominate titles for the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Award. After selecting a total of five books previously, readers may now select two more, for a total of seven. Share your titles and the reason why you chose them, and we'll reveal the final totals soon.

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    Battle of the Books: Compare/ Contrast Two Newbery Contenders

    Emily Mroczek-Bayci, November 21, 2022 | Book Discussion

    Readers are invited to take part in our “Compare/ Contrast” exercise. Select two titles from this year’s Newbery Medal contenders, and compare them using the Newbery criteria. We'll see which title stands up against the other.

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