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 |