Following the official Newbery process as closely as we can, each of our club members has nominated his or her top six favorites of the year for our Mock Newbery Award. This is the resulting “short” list – 30 books long. We will be debating and comparing the merits of these books for the next few weeks. Click on the title of a book to see the discussion of it.
- Alcatraz versus the Knights of Crystallia by Brandon Sanderson
- Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
- Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
- Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
- Darkwood by M. E. Breen
- Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic by Suzanne Weyn
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
- Faith, Hope & Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- If the Witness Lied by Caroline Cooney
- Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton
- Just One Wish by Janette Rallison
- Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant
- Mare’s War by Tanita Davis
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel by K. A. Holt
- Mudville by Kurtis Scaletta
- My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
- Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes
- Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
- A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
- Scat by Carl Hiaason
- The Secret of Zoom by Lynne Jonell
- Violet Wings by Victoria Hanley
- Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott
- When the Whistle Blows by Fran Slayton
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
- Wild Things by Clay Carmichael
Note: We have removed Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman from our list. It was written in 2008 and first published in the U.K., so is not eligible for the 2010 Newbery Awards.
Filed under: Not Mock Newbery
