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Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE by Derrick Barnes
Introduction by Heavy Medal Award Committee Member Quade Kelley Derrick Barnes’s THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE is a middle-gradecoming-of-age novel that combines sports, tall-tale folklore, and allegorical history into acompelling narrative about identity choices and their influence on community. 13-year-old Henson is a football prodigy in the small, mostly white town of Great Mountain,Mississippi. When his […]
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: MAX IN THE LAND OF LIES by Adam Gidwitz
A rare sequel made the Heavy Medal Book List this year with MAX IN THE LAND OF LIES by Adam Gidwitz.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner
THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES has received positive buzz and led the Heavy Medal suggestion list all year. Does the buzz hold up? Is it truly worthy of the 2026 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery?
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE by Laura Amy Schiltz
Our Mock Newbery discussion continues with another fantasy title: THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE by Laura Amy Schiltz.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE by Laura Amy Schlitz
Our Mock Newbery discussion continues with another fantasy title: THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE by Laura Amy Schiltz.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER by Nicholas Day
Today's Mock Newbery finalist is a late publication nonfiction standout: A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER by Nicholas Day.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: A WORLD WORTH SAVING by Nicholas Day
Today's we kick off our official Heavy Medal Mock Newbery discussions with A WORLD WORTH SAVING by Kyle Lukoff a books about trans youth featuring the supernatural and Jewish mythology.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: A WORLD WORTH SAVING by Kyle Lukoff
Today's we kick off our official Heavy Medal Mock Newbery discussions with A WORLD WORTH SAVING by Kyle Lukoff a books about trans youth featuring the supernatural and Jewish mythology.
Meet the 2026 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Award Committee
Meet the 15 members of the 2026 Heavy Medal Award Committee (HMAC). Every one of them is committed to reading all 15 titles on our Heavy Medal Book List, then discussing each one, starting December 30th.
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