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    2020 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Award Finalists… almost: we need your input!

    Roxanne Hsu Feldman, December 16, 2019 | Process

    What are the front runners of this year's Heavy Medal (Mock Newbery) Award titles? You have a chance to decide on the final two titles!

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    Interview with Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy

    Annisha Jeffries, December 13, 2019 | Book Discussion, Process

    THIS IS PROMISE OF CHANGE was an early 2019 publication with many nominations, but we haven’t discussed it much on Heavy Medal (it was part of Roxanne’s post on poetry).  We interviewed the authors to learn more about how the book happened: Heavy Medal: Debbie, why did you decide to write about Jo Ann’s memoir in […]

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    Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Major Impossible

    Annisha Jeffries, December 4, 2019 | Uncategorized

    This action-packed adventure graphic novel is book 9 in the series. It revolves around adventurer John Wesley Powell, who would come to be known as one of the most heroic adventurers in American History. As a young man, he wandered all over the United States exploring. In 1869 he organized the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, […]

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    Infinite Hope by Ashley Bryan, or How I Failed to Evaluate a Masterpiece for the Newbery

    Roxanne Hsu Feldman, November 25, 2019 | Book Discussion

    Have we found the most distinguished book for children this year? Presenting "Infinite Hope" by Ashley Bryan.

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    Heavy Medal, Mock Newbery, Award – Nominations Tally

    Roxanne Hsu Feldman, November 21, 2019 | Process

    Read and find out which titles are front runners for the Heavy Medal, Mock Newbery, Award?

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    Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger

    Annisha Jeffries, November 20, 2019 | Book Discussion

    Author, Sarah Scheerger has written a timely relatable story told in diary form with eight diverse students writing their experiences as the school year advances. That story begins at White Oak Elementary School. Ms. Graham is a teacher with unconventional teaching methods; one of them involves having a class frog named Kermit. The pacing is […]

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    Music, Race, and the American Dream: Female voices will not be silenced.

    Annisha Jeffries, November 12, 2019 | Book Discussion, Intro, Uncategorized

    Who knew that when THE HATE U GIVE debuted two years ago, it will generate a film and numerous accolades to be on the New York Times Bestsellers List for more than 80 weeks. After I finished reading THUG, the first words out of my mouth was, what’s next? And watching many interviews with Ms. […]

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    Newbery Nominations – 1st Round in October

    Roxanne Hsu Feldman, October 28, 2019 | Process

    Heavy Medal readers are invited to nominate their first three titles that they consider strong contenders for the 2020 Newbery.

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    Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly

    Annisha Jeffries, October 23, 2019 | Book Discussion, Process, Uncategorized

    Have you read Erin Entrada Kelly’s debut fantasy? If the answer is no, do yourself a favor and read it. Kelly’s novel is inspired by Filipino folklore that resonates as a memorable coming-of-age story about loyalty, friendship, individuality, beauty, and heroism of twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita’s mother falls ill with an incurable illness, Lalani begins on […]

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    Where are the Nonfiction Newbery’s?

    Steven Engelfried, October 17, 2019 | Book Discussion

    Nonfiction history books have not fared well in Newbery announcements in recent years. This year's contenders to break that streak could include a history of the first cross-country women's air race and a look at a year's worth of major events from exactly one century ago.

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