Sharon McKellar
58 Articles
Last 30 days
Last 6 months
Last 12 months
Last 24 months
Specific Dates
From:
To:
2019 Heavy Medal: Suggestions to Date – March, April & May
Our list is getting so long and exciting! Enjoy! Single Suggestion: All the Animals Where I Live by Philip Stead The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton The Burning Maze: Trials of Appollo, Book 3 by Rick Riordan Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham and Charles Waters Checked by […]
2019 Heavy Medal: May Suggestions
This is an invitation for May suggestions from our readers. Please suggest: books that you think could be possible Newbery contenders. only eligible books. Check the Terms and Criteria for details. Basic rules: written by an American citizen/resident; original work; published in the US, in 2018, for children up to age 14. 1 to 5 titles: title/author, […]
And the (Other) Winner is…
Wow, everyone! Two hundred and eighty of you voted in our General Heavy Medal poll, choosing your top 3 favorite titles from our long list. I’m really so pleased to see so much participation! So, what won? THE WAR I FINALLY WON took first place, and is crowned the winner, with 104 votes! Remember that […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – All’s Faire in Middle School
Long List Title: ALL’S FAIRE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Titles on our long list will be included in our online conversation and balloting, alongside the short list titles.) I’ve been a strong supporter of ALL’S FAIRE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL from the start. I found the plot more compelling, emotionally, than that of REAL FRIENDS, our other […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – Orphan Island
Short List Title: ORPHAN ISLAND (Titles on our short list will be included in the live Mock Newbery in Oakland.) There is maybe no more controversial title on our list, and I really look forward to the discussion of this title, here, and in person in Oakland. For the purposes of this post, I’m going to […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – Hello, Universe
Short List Title: HELLO, UNIVERSE (Titles on our short list will be included in the live Mock Newbery in Oakland.) Before I go any further, I just want to give everyone a heads-up that I am writing this from Australia, where I am visiting for a couple of weeks. This just means that, depending on where […]