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Heavy Medal Finalist: Wishtree
Short List Title: WISHTREE (Titles on our short list will be included in the live Mock Newbery in Oakland.) In Sharon’s earlier post on WISHTREE she writes: “WISHTREE whispers its message of tolerance and hope.” That sentence really captures the essence of this book. The “whispering” is quite an accomplishment. We have a lot of books […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – Beyond the Bright Sea
Long List Title: BEYOND THE BRIGHT SEA (Titles on our long list will be included in our online conversation and balloting, alongside the short list titles.) Lauren Wolk’s BEYOND THE BRIGHT SEA seems to be one title that pops up almost every time I see or hear a list of likely Newbery contenders. Not necessarily on […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – Real Friends
Short List Title: REAL FRIENDS (Titles on our short list will be included in the live Mock Newbery in Oakland.) In our earlier discussion of REAL FRIENDS, I mentioned that I struggled to evaluate the book using Newbery criteria. I was stuck on: “The committee is to make its decision primarily on the text.” With my recent […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – Princess Cora and the Crocodile
Long List Title: PRINCESS CORA AND THE CROCODILE ( (Titles on our long list will be included in our online conversation and balloting, alongside the short list titles.) PRINCESS CORA received three starred reviews and made one “Best Books of 2017” list (PW). It’s been mentioned here on Heavy Medal, but not extensively. I’m certainly glad to have […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – Refugee
Long List Title: REFUGEE (Titles on our long list will be included in our online conversation and balloting, alongside the short list titles.) Alan Gratz’s novel received six nominations on this blog, which puts in up near the leaders. I find it especially strong in “presentation of themes.” The three separate, but related stories all […]
Heavy Medal Finalist – The Hate U Give
Short List Title: THE HATE U GIVE (Titles on our short list will be included in the live Mock Newbery in Oakland.) We started our posts on the Heavy Medal Short List and Long List titles on Wednesday; now we’ve decided to tweak the process a little bit. Instead of discussing two books per post, we’re going to […]
What’s Missing?
The year’s almost over and the 2017 Heavy Medal has been going for three and a half months. We’ll announce our “Long List” on Friday, which will include roughly 18 titles that we’ll use for our on-line voting in early February. You’d think by now we’d have covered every book with a decent shot at […]
First Time a Charm?
In a comment from an earlier post, Genevieve said: “I wish there was a Morris equivalent for children’s books.” It’s an interesting idea. YALSA started the Morris Award in 2009 to honor a “first time author writing for teens.” ALSC doesn’t have a similar award at this point, and the Newbery Terms and Criteria tell […]
Disastrous Journey, but the Book’s Sure Good
BOUND BY ICE by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace has a lot of qualities that I look for in narrative nonfiction. It’s a highly absorbing survival story with lots of suspense. The historical figures have distinct and engaging personalities. And it’s a piece of history that most readers won’t know about already. With a compelling true […]
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