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Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: ALEBRIJES by Donna Barbra Higuera
Donna Barbra Higuera won the 2022 Newbery Medal for THE LAST CUENTISTA. This year she published ALEBRIJES, a stand-alone companion to that earlier book. Will this imaginative dystopian fiction work earn a second Newbery Medal. We discuss its chances as part of our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Dan Santat
Author/Illustrator Dan Santat has already won a Caldecott Medal. Will his graphic novel A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING earn him Newbery recognition this year? It's now up for discussion as part of our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery.
Telling It Like It Isn't: 13 Books Featuring Unreliable Narrators | Great Books
When it’s executed well, the unreliable narrator device can turn a story around in memorable and highly satisfying ways. Here are 13 stellar examples of recent books with narrators who mislead, misdirect, or even outright lie to readers, waiting for just the right moment to reveal the truth.
Meet the 2024 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Award Committee
Meet the 16 members of the 2024 Heavy Medal Award Committee. These book-loving volunteers will read and discuss all 16 titles on our Heavy Medal Book List, then choose our Mock Newbery winner in our live Zoom event on January 19th.
They Almost Made It: Excellent books that we (reluctantly) left off of our final Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Book List
In a couple weeks we'll begin discussing the 16 books on our Heavy Medal Book List. Some great books were left off of that list, though...will one of them wind up winning the Newbery Medal?
“Best Books” Lists and Heavy Medal: A look at the year-end picks from children’s book review journals
How do the Best Books of the Year lists from children's book review journals compare to our list of top Newbery contenders?
The Narrow-It-Down Poll: Help us finalize our Heavy Medal Book List
Help us finalize our Heavy Medal Book List by taking our "Narrow-It-Down Poll." Your votes on this year's possible Newbery Medal contenders will help us develop our final Mock Newbery list of 12-15 titles.
The Revised Newbery Manual: A look at recent updates to the guiding publication of the Newbery Committee
The newly revised Newbery Manual came out a few months ago. We highlight some key changes and how they affect the work of the Newbery Committee (and Mock Newbery groups like Heavy Medal)
Debut Books and the Newbery Medal: Will a first-time author win the Medal again?
Last year's Newbery Medal book, FREEWATER, was written by a debut author. Could it happen again? Our Wednesday Round-Up looks at possible Newbery contenders by first-time authors.
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