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Next up in our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery discussions is the book that already won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature: THE TEACHER OF NOMAD LAND by Daniel Nayeri
Our discussions of the 15 titles on our Heavy Medal Book List begins Monday. To help prepare us, we'll do a practice discussion today on a book that that just missed making that list: DEATH IN THE JUNGLE by Candace Fleming.
Registration is now open for our live Heavy Medal Webcast: "What's It Really Like? Join the 2026 Mock Newbery Live!" The free event is scheduled for Friday, January 23rd, at 1:00 pm EST.
As we enter the last month of the year, it's time to compare the top children's books on Heavy Medal to recently announced "best of the year" lists from review journals and public libraries.
December nominations are open from now through December 6th. Choose your final two titles and we'll share the final list of nominated titles for our Mock Newbery next week.