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Acevedo received the award for her debut novel The Poet X, written in verse.

The day before the National Book Awards were announced, New York City middle- and high schoolers gathered at the 92nd Street Y to hear the finalists in the Young People’s Literature category.

Can a collection of short stories get Newbery consideration? Maybe this one should.

A look a three books with 26 nominations among them.

Nominations for Newbery consideration are pouring into Heavy Medal this month.

A look at two nonfiction books with Newbery potential.

Discussing National Book Award finalist and possible Newbery contender The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge with its inventive storytelling and extended sequences of illustrations.

Jacqueline Woodson's picture book The Day You Begin may have more of a Newbery chance than her middle grade title, Harbor Me.

How to present Elizabeth Acevedo's novel to the Newbery Committee.