ACPL’s (Virtual!) Mock Newbery

ACPL’s (Virtual!) Mock Newbery

Last year, I had the immense pleasure to travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana (about a 4 hour trek from my home in Southern Indiana) to attend the Allen County Public Library’s Mock Newbery discussion. I had been one time before and it’s always been a really great program. It’s such a fun experience to get together with like-minded book lovers and talk in depth about some of the best books of the year.
This year, due to COVID, the discussion is taking place virtually, mirroring the work the actual committees are doing right this very moment. I’m very excited that I get to take part in the discussion once again and I’m really excited to see how the discussion will work virtually.
These are the titles that we’ll be discussion on Saturday afternoon this year with links to any that I’ve blogged about. I have some personal favorites that I’ll be discussing a bit on Wednesday, and I’d love to know your top contenders for the Youth Media Awards!
All He Knew by Helen Frost (Indiana author!)
Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson
Black is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Blackbird Girls
by Anne Blankman
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
Fighting Words
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
by Janae Marks
A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese
Go With the Flow by Karen Schneemann & Lily Williams
Kent State by Deborah Wiles
The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
Prairie Lotus
by Linda Sue Park
Show Me a Sign by Anne Clare LeZotte
Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
The Summer We Found the Baby by Amy Hest
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
When Stars are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller