So You Wanna Predict the Newbery Winner?
The list of suggestions at Heavy Medal (a Newbery Blog) is a great place to start your reading.
Leading the way so far? The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner.
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Click here to head over to Heavy Medal and check out the entire list of suggestions.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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