At Long Last — the 2018 Heavy Medal Long List for Balloting
Given that each year more than 3,000 children’s books eligible for the Newbery are published, each of the 70 titles receiving even a single nomination from the Heavy Medal readers already signifies certain distinctive qualities. We thank you all for sharing with us what you have loved this year.
After compiling reader nominations and considering discussion potentials, we present to you a long list that will serve as our final Heavy Medal slate for balloting. In the next few weeks, short “official discussion starter” posts will give all of us chances to examine each of the 18 long-listed titles even more closely.
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For those who are interested in participating in a full-on mock voting process (voting for the top three, tabulating, discussing, re-voting, tabulating, discussing, etc. until a final winner emerges) please finish all of these titles before February 5th when our voting procedure starts. For those who do not have the time to read all of these titles before February 5th, no worries, there will also be a general poll for you to support your favorites!
We look forward to hearing more from our readers in the next few weeks!
The 2018 Heavy Medal Long List
All’s Faire in Middle School
Beyond the Bright Sea
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
First Rule of Punk
The Hate U Give
Hello Universe
Her Right Foot
I’m Just No Good at Rhyming
Loving Vs. Virginia
Orphan Island
Patina
Princess Cora and the Crocodile
Real Friends
Refugee
Tumble and Blue
Vincent and Theo
War I Finally Won
Wishtree
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About Roxanne Hsu Feldman
Roxanne Hsu Feldman is the Middle School (4th to 8th grade) Librarian at the Dalton School in New York City. She served on the 2002 and 2013 Newbery Committees. Roxanne was also a member of 2008-2009 Notable Books for Children, 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults, and the 2017 Odyssey Award Committees. In 2016 Roxanne was one of the three judges for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. You can reach her at at roxannefeldman@gmail.com.
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