Thanks to all who suggested possible Newbery 2024 titles this month! It includes 59 titles with only four making their first appearance (much less than last months 17).
SIMON SORT OF SAYS has even further secured its lead with 12 suggestions, with THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL gaining steam with a total of five. But, we’re only halfway through the year, so who knows what can happen…
Our updated list is below and we will be back for more suggestions in early August.
| SIMON SORT OF SAYS | Bow | 12 |
| THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL | Schmidt | 5 |
| THE MANY ASSASSINATIONS OF SAMIR, THE SELLER OF DREAMS | Nayeri | 4 |
| NEARER MY FREEDOM | Edinger & Younge | 4 |
| AN AMERICAN STORY | Alexander | 4 |
| A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING | Santat | 4 |
| THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY | Applegate | 4 |
| YOU ARE HERE: CONNECTING FLIGHTS | Oh | 4 |
| ANINA DEL MAR JUMPS IN | Mendez | 3 |
| THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE | Eggers | 3 |
| THE LOST YEAR | Marsh | 3 |
| WHEN SEA BECOMES SKY | McDunn | 3 |
| SUNSHINE | Krosoczka | 3 |
| THE LAST PLASTIC STRAW | Romito | 3 |
| A WORK IN PROGRESS | Lerner | 3 |
| ALL THE BEATING HEARTS | Fogliano | 2 |
| BEAKY BARNES: EGG ON THE LOOSE | Stein | 2 |
| BIG TREE | Selznick | 2 |
| BUFFALO FLATS | Leavitt | 2 |
| FOR LAMB | Kline-Ransome | 2 |
| HENRY LIKE ALWAYS | Bailey | 2 |
| IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY | Dunlap | 2 |
| LOVE IS LOUD | Wallace | 2 |
| MY RED, WHITE, AND, BLUE | Tyson | 2 |
| NO MATTER THE DISTANCE | Baldwin | 2 |
| THAT FLAG | Brown | 2 |
| * WHEN CLOUDS TOUCH US | Lai | 2 |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO RACHEL RILEY | Swinarski | 2 |
| THE WINDEBY PUZZLE | Lowry | 2 |
| A BIT OF EARTH | Riazi | 2 |
| EBB AND FLOW | Baptist | 2 |
| LEEVA AT LAST | Pennypacker | 2 |
| NOT AN EASY WIN | Giles | 2 |
| A CROWN FOR CORINA | Kemp | 1 |
| CROWNED | Bethencourt | 1 |
| EVERGREEN | Cordell | 1 |
| THE GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO | Cuevas | 1 |
| GOOD DIFFEERENT | Kuyatt | 1 |
| GROUNDED | Saeed, et al | 1 |
| HANDS | Maldonado | 1 |
| THE HUMAN KABOOM | Rubin | 1 |
| JOVITA WORE PANTS | Salazar | 1 |
| JUST JERRY | Pinkney | 1 |
| LASAGNA MEANS I LOVE YOU | O’Shaughnessy | 1 |
| MIRROR TO MIRROR | LaRocca | 1 |
| MY HEAD HAS A BELLYACHE | Harris | 1 |
| NELL PLANTS A TREE | Wynter | 1 |
| ONCE UPON A BOOK | Lin & Messner | 1 |
| OUR ROOF IS BLUE | Echenique | 1 |
| PARACHUTE KIDS | Tang | 1 |
| PUSH PULL MORNING | Peters | 1 |
| RACE AGAINST DEATH | Hopkinson | 1 |
| SCHOOL TRIP | Craft | 1 |
| SUPERPOD | Nickum | 1 |
| SUPERTEACHER PROJECT | Korman | 1 |
| THIS IS NOT MY HOME | Yoh and Chang | 1 |
| *THE FIRST MAGNIFICENT SUMMER | Toalson | 1 |
| *SCIENCE EXPLORERS: SEARCH FOR A GIANT SQUID | Forrester and Musser | 1 |
| *WE GO WAY BACK | Bunting and Ben-Barak | 1 |
| SQUISHED* | Lloyd | 1 |