The Secret Winners Club by Donna GalantiThe Edge of Forever by Meghan P. BrowneWhen You're Brave Enough by Rebecca BendheimThe Hungry Forest by Kaela RiveraThe Ginghams by T.C. Kemper
Middle Grade Novels of 2026
180 books — 74 voters
The Trouble with Heroes by Kate MessnerThe Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey HartmanBad Badger by Maryrose WoodRebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse AndersonMax in the Land of Lies by Adam Gidwitz
2026 Mock Newbery List
82 books — 61 voters

Don't Trust Fish by Neil SharpsonFireworks by Matthew BurgessTo See an Owl by Matthew CordellEvery Monday Mabel by Jashar AwanOur Lake by Angie Kang
2026 Mock Caldecott List
143 books — 61 voters
Ferris by Kate DiCamilloThe Night War by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyOlivetti by Allie MillingtonThe First State of Being by Erin Entrada KellyThe Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
2025 Mock Newbery List
94 books — 75 voters

The Last Zookeeper by Aaron BeckerThe Yellow Bus by Loren LongThe Last Stand by Antwan EadyHome in a Lunchbox by Cherry MoTime to Make Art by Jeff Mack
2025 Mock Caldecott List
138 books — 62 voters