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It’s Suggestion Season: Heavy Medal 2025 Mock Newbery Contenders
We're 10 months away from the 2025 Newbery Medal announcement, but it's never too early to start reading. If you've read any early 2024 publications that might have a chance at the Medal, add your suggestions to our monthly list between now and March 9th.
Looking ahead to Newbery 2025
It's hard to believe it's already time to start thinking about possibilities for the 2025 Newbery. What's on your radar this year?
And the Webcast Winners are…
The Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Webcast "What's it Really Like" was held on Friday, January 19th. Look to see who the HMAC and viewers picked as their Mock Newbery winners.
THE FINAL FIVE: Heavy Medal Mock Newbery 2024 Contenders
Take a look at the five titles the HMAC committee selected to discuss and vote on during Friday January 19th's Zoom webcast.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: A WALK IN THE WOODS by Nikki Grimes
A Walk in the Woods is a picture book that conquers the difficult topic of grief and becoming oneself.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow
The book that has been a Heavy Medal favorite all year. Is it truly worthy of Newbery glory? SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE SKULL by Jon Klassen
It might be hard to name the format, but it's not hard to know that THE SKULL by Job Klassen is a Mock Newbery 2024 contender.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE MANY ASSASSINATIONS OF SAMIR, THE SELLER OF DREAMS
Introduction by Heavy Medal Award Committee Member Kyra Nay: Let this be a lesson. You can’t disagree with a good story. Or so argues gregarious, charming, resourceful Samir, silver-tongued purveyor of sand-logged bolts of wool, rings that turn men’s fingers green, and the finest cherry paste, with more combs than the Queen of Sheba and his noble […]
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE LOST YEAR
Introduction by Heavy Medal Award Committee Member Quade Kelley: The Lost Year is a historical fiction coming-of-age story told through three entwining timelines. The story occurs in the early 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and the 1930s Holodomor in Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Inspired by the author’s family history, the story connects a shared experience of stress, […]
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