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I AM NOT ALONEGATHER
TETHERED TO THE STARS
FINALLY SEEN
THE MANY ASSASSINATIONS OF SAMIR THE SELLER OF DREAMS
JUST JERRY: HOW DRAWING SHAPED MY LIFE
THE MONA LISA VANISHES: A LEGENDARY PAINTER, A SHOCKING HEIST, AND THE BIRTH OF A GLOBAL CELEBRITY
ACCOUNTABLE: THE TRUE STORY OF A RACIST SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT AND THE TEENAGERS WHOSE LIVES IT CHANGED
1. Lost Year by Katherine Marsh2. Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
3. Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri
4. Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary Schmidt
5. Dreamatics by Michelle Cuevas
Work in Progress - LernerSimon Sort of Says -Bow
The Lost Year
Hands - Maldonado
What Happened to Rachel Riley? by SwinarskiSimon Sort of Says by Schmitt
The Many Assassinations of Samir the Seller of Dreams by Nayeri
The Lost Year by Marsh
It Happened on Saturday by Dunlap
Princess of the Wild Sea by Blakemore
The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Dimopoulos
The Grace of Wild Things by Fawcett
Wild Bird by Zahler
Leeva at Last by Pennypacker
Dogtown by Applegate
Enemies in the OrchardNothing Else But Miracles
Remember Us
Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary SchmidMona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
Lost YearLabors of Hercules Beal
Wildoak
Stealing Home
First Time for Everything
1. The Probability of Everything2. Labors of Hercules Beal
3. Lost Year
4. The Fire The Water and Maudie McGinn
5. The Eyes and the Impossible
Many of my titles are not being listed by others so I don’t expect they’ll make the final ballot. So this list is more for encouraging others to read some great, maybe overlooked, books that I think are worthy of Newbery consideration.MY POWERFUL HAIR (Lindstrom)
SORA’S SEASHELLS (Rhee)
HOOPS (Tavares)
A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING (Santat)
MEXIKID (Martin)
FOR LAMB (Cline-Ransome)
THE MAKING OF YOLANDA la BRUJA (Avila)
ONCE THERE WAS (Monsef)
CALL ME ADNAN ( Faruqi)
THE STORYTELLER ( Hobson)
HANDS (Maldonado)
A BIT OF EARTH (Riazi)
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by DayLabors of Hercules Beal by Gary Schmidt
The Eyes & the Impossible by Eggers
The Many Assassinations of Samir the Seller of Dreams by Nayeri
A Work in Progress by Lerner
Salsa Magic by Marrero
Mexikid by Martin
An American Story by Alexander
Big Tree by Selznick
Gather by Cadow
Bea Wolf by Weinersmith
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Abery-Riger
A Bit of Earth by Riazi
The Storyteller by Hobson
The Lost Year by Marsh
Alebrijes by Higuera
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease- By Gail Jarrow Labors of Hercules Beal
There were some good books this year, but I did not find many great books. I’ll need to get started on some of the suggested titles in this thread.
Here is my current top 10 Newbery contenders My Head Has a Bellyache by Chris Harris
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicolas Day
Mexikid by Pedro Martin
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D Schmidt
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
The Eyes of the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca
eb and Flow by Kelly J Baptist
The Lost YearSimon Sort of Says
Eb and Flow
Remember Us
I had only one 5 star book this year: The Labors of Hercules Beal
And a handful of 4 star books. I have a huge “to read” list so perhaps I just haven’t read enough this year:
Top Story
The Skull
Wild Bird
The Many Assignations of Samir…
The Windeby Puzzle
The Lost Year
The Labors of Hercules BealThe Mona Lisa Vanishes
A First Time for Everything
The Eyes and the Impossible
The Labors of Hercules BealThe Mona Lisa Vanishes
A First Time for Everything
Simon Sort of Says
The Lost Library - SteadFinally Seen - Yang
The Lost Year - Marsh
Remember Us - Woodson
A First Time for Everything - Santat
Still reading The Mona Lisa Vanishes but looks like it will make the cut.
The Lost Year -MarshThe Labors of Hercules Beal -Schmidt
Alebrijes - Higuera
The Eyes of the Impossible- Eggers
The Many Assassinations of Samir the Seller of Dreams- Nayeri
The Lost LibrarySimon Sort of Says
What Happened to Rachel Riley?
The Mona Lisa Vanishes
The Lost YearSimon Sort of Says
World Made by Glass
Kin: Rooted in Hope
A First Time for Everything
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
Sunshine
The Lost Year by Katherine MarshThe Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicolas Day
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D Schmidt
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
A World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky
THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST by Kate DiCamillo
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The Labors of Hercules Beal - 13
The Lost Year - 13
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity - 10
A First Time for Everything - 8
Simon Sort of Says - 6
The Eyes and the Impossible - 6
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams - 6
Mexikid - 4
Alebrijes - 3
Finally Seen - 3
Remember Us - 3
A Bit of Earth - 2
A Work in Progress - 2
World Made of Glass - 2
Bea Wolf - 2
Eb & Flow - 2
Gather - 2
Hands - 2
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn - 2
The Lost Library - 2
The Storyteller - 2
What Happened to Rachel Riley? - 2
Wild Bird - 2
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed - 1
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History - 1
An American Story - 1
Big Tree - 1
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease - 1
Call Me Adnan - 1
Dogtown - 1
book:The Dreamatics|71872906] - 1
Enemies in the Orchard - 1
For Lamb - 1
Hoops: A Graphic Novel - 1
I Am Not Alone - 1
It Happened on Saturday - 1
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life - 1
Kin: Rooted in Hope - 1
Leeva At Last - 1
Mirror to Mirror - 1
My Head Has a Bellyache: And More Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups - 1My Powerful Hair - 1
Nothing Else But Miracles - 1
Once There Was - 1
Princess of the Wild Sea - 1
Salsa Magic - 1
Sora's Seashells - 1
Stealing Home - 1
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel - 1
Tethered to Other Stars - 1
The Grace of Wild Things - 1
The Making of Yolanda la Bruja - 1
The Probability of Everything - 1
The Puppets of Spelhorst - 1
The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow - 1
The Skull - 1
The Windeby Puzzle - 1
Top Story - 1
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