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Our list of suggested titles for the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery is now up to 17 titles. Check out the ranked list here, which includes a wide range of styles, themes, and subject matter.

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April suggestions are now open on Heavy Medal. This is your chance to add eligible titles to our growing list of books that could be contenders for the 2022 Newbery Medal.

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Check out the early reading list for Heavy Medal's 2022 Mock Newbery Award. Readers submitted possible candidates published in early 2021...see the results here.

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We're 10 months away from the 2022 Newbery Medal announcement, but it's never too soon to start reading. If you've read any early 2021 publications that might have a chance at the Medal, add your suggestions to our monthly list between now and March 7th.

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With the announcement of the 2021 Newbery Medal, this season of Heavy Medal comes to a close. We’ll return in September to look at the most likely (and maybe some unlikely) contenders for the 2022 Newbery Medal. Between now and then, we’ll build a reading list of the top 2021 title by asking readers to […]

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The winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal is WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER. And five Honor books were named. Share your reactions to this along with the other Youth Media Awards from the American Library Association that were just announced.

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155 votes have been counted in the Heavy Medal Reader's Poll, and the winning book is: FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Will the votes of our readers match up when Newbery Award winner is announced on January 25th?

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