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Today's Heavy Medal Finalist is THE GIRL WHO DREW BUTTERFLIES. Heavy Medal Committee member Susan N. introduces the book, noting how "poet Joyce Sidman elegantly uses the stages of insect development as a metaphor for the transformation of a woman and of the world around her."
Heavy Medal Committee member Sam introduces today's finalist: "Though I try to remain neutral in my analysis and discussions, I find myself incapable of such literary integrity in this context. I absolutely love THE FAITHFUL SPY written by John Hendrix."
In her introduction to Heavy Medal Finalist THE BOOK OF BOY, Deborah says the author Catherine Gilbert Murdock "weaves a mystery about redemption and desire into a world that believed in scraps of wood, bone and dust."
The Heavy Medal Newbery discussion begins today. In the next 24 days, 18 books selected as "Heavy Medal Finalists" will be discussed by the 19 members of the Heavy Medal Award Committee, culminating in Mock Newbery balloting on January 25th. Discussion opens with THE ASSASSINATION OF BRANGWAIN SPURGE
Happy end of the year, Heavy Medal followers. This is a reminder that on Wednesday, January 2nd, our Heavy Medal Award Committee deliberation will commence. The nineteen members on HMAC will introduce and debate the eighteen finalists following the schedule below. All Heavy Medal readers are invited to share your opinions as well. However, the official […]
We are so happy that 19 Heavy Medal readers have volunteered their time and energy to discuss the finalists. News Flash: after a round of email “voting” Just Like Jackie and Snow Lane are both on the discussion table and we are going to have 18, instead of 16, titles to ballot for in late January. The official […]
Although the Newbery Committee will meet at the end of January, 2019, to choose the most distinguished books for children published in the United States in 2018, the full Committee has already convened twice in 2018: once at the Midwinter Conference to meet each other and be briefed of what to expect for their year-long service, and […]
After many emailed, texted, and phoned conversations, we finally made our choices. In compiling the list, we try to balance between reader support: many of the titles have received strong HM reader support; critical success: winning other awards, making multiple end-of-the-year best lists, etc.; and the HM bloggers’ personal picks: since even one nomination could put a book on the table during the […]
Let the excitement mount! As our final nomination round winds down and the discussion of the many”Best Of” lists of the year comes to an end, it’s time to officially call for the Heavy Medal Committee members. These will be HM readers who are committed to: Read (and re-read) all the 15 (fifteen) titles on our […]
It’s that time of the year (almost December!) that avid readers start to realize that some 2018 books we adore are probably either not likely to get much support from the Newbery Committee or they are simply not eligible for consideration. Here are a few of mine: Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Why I love it […]
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