Our May suggestions are in and we now have 39 titles on our 2026 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery list so far. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION by Jamie Sumner received five first-time suggestions, while already suggested titles THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST and BAD BADGER also received five each.
We’ll open up June suggestions in a few weeks.
| MAX IN THE LAND OF LIES | Gidwitz | 12 |
| ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY | Watson | 11 |
| THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST | Hartman | 10 |
| WILL’S RACE FOR HOME | Rhodes | 10 |
| A WORLD WORTH SAVING | Lukoff | 8 |
| BAD BADGER | Wood | 7 |
| IT’S ALL OR NOTHING, VALE | Arango | 6 |
| PLEASE PAY ATTENTION* | Sumner | 5 |
| THE BOY WHO LIVED IN A SHELL | Himmelman | 4 |
| REBELLION 1776 | Anderson | 4 |
| THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES* | Messner | 4 |
| 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE | Fussner | 3 |
| AWAY | Freeman | 3 |
| HOME | de la Peña | 3 |
| JELLA LEPMAN AND HER LIBRARY OF DREAMS* | Paterson | 3 |
| ONCE FOR YES | Millington | 3 |
| RADIANT | Nelson | 3 |
| BULLDOZER’S BIG RESCUE | Broach | 2 |
| DANILO WAS HERE | Burgess | 2 |
| IS IT REAL? THE LOCH NESS MONSTER | Fleming | 2 |
| OLD SCHOOL | Korman | 2 |
| RIGHT BACK AT YOU | Mackler | 2 |
| SCATTERGOOD | Bouwman | 2 |
| TEAR THIS DOWN | Dee | 2 |
| BIG ENOUGH* | Linke | 1 |
| THE CARTOONIST CLUB* | Telgemeier | 1 |
| CRUMBLE | McLaren | 1 |
| DINO POET* | Angleberger | 1 |
| THE ENEMY’S DAUGHTER | Blankman | 1 |
| THE LAST GREAT HEIR | Finn | 1 |
| THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON* | Lin | 1 |
| HALFWAY TO SOMEWHERE | Pimienta | 1 |
| OUR LAKE | Kang | 1 |
| THE PEACH THIEF* | Smith | 1 |
| RACING THE CLOUDS | Dunlap | 1 |
| THE SECRET OF MOONRISE MANOR | Bearce | 1 |
| UNBOXING LIBBY* | Cherrywell | 1 |
| WHAT FELL FROM THE SKY* | Cuevas | 1 |
| A WOLF CALLED FIRE | Parry | 1 |
| WORDS WITH WINGS AND MAGIC THINGS | Burgess | 1 |