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RETURN TO SENDER: complex themes, important messages and entertaining
Today’s guest blogger is Helen Baldwin, introducing RETURN TO SENDER by Vera Brosgol.
Now there are 59: November Mock Newbery 2026 nomination results
The quest to find the 2026 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery winner continues as the second round of nominations closed last Saturday. Twenty-one new titles were nominated for a total of 59 Mock Newbery potentials.
Friendship, fruit and freedom: THE PEACH THIEF by Linda Joan Smith
In today's guest post, we feature a historical fiction title THE PEACH THIEF by Linda Joan Smith.
A Mock Newbery 2026 Comparison: Stacking Up the Titles
As we get later into the calendar year, I always start getting paranoid about missing titles and not reading everything. What’s nice on the “real committee” AND on Heavy Medal is that you are not reading just by yourself and have other people making suggestions and nominations. However, despite a robust and active Heavy Medal […]
Pick two: November Mock Newbery 2026 Nominations
Today our second nomination period opens. You have until Saturday Nov. 8 to pick two more precious nominations for Mock Newbery 2026.
Monday Mock Newbery exercise: One Sentence Persuasion
It’s time to own Monday with a Mock Newbery exercise: one sentence persuasion. Today we persuading people to read/ nominate your favorite title. In one sentence, write a justification for your top book. You can write for one title, or all your nominated titles, or a title you are thinking about nominating. The rules are […]
Grace Lin’s latest fantasy foray: a Mock Newbery 2026 contender?
In today's guest post, we take a look at Grace Lin's latest fantasy novel The GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON.
Easy reading, graphic novel and dinosaurs? Can Dino Poet break into Newbery territory?
In our next guest post, Leonard Kim analyzes a beginner graphic novel featuring poetry and graphic novels, a dinosaur-sized feat!
Compare/ Contrast Two Newbery Contenders
Today we do a compare and contrast exercise where we put two 2026 Mock Newbery Titles against each other and see which stands out.
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