The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy SchlitzCandle Island by Lauren WolkThe Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan GlaserThe Trouble with Heroes by Kate MessnerHolding on for Dear Life by Dusti Bowling
2026 Mock Newbery List
76 books — 55 voters
The Secret Library by Kekla MagoonTree. Table. Book. by Lois LowryOlivetti by Allie Millington
Middle Grade Novels of 2024
449 books — 160 voters

The Last Stand by Antwan EadyThe Last Zookeeper by Aaron BeckerThreads by Lina MasloJust Like Millie by Lauren CastilloThe House Before Falling into the Sea by Ann Suk Wang
2025 Mock Caldecott List
138 books — 62 voters
The Wrong Way Home by Kate  O'ShaughnessyThe Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer CholdenkoTree. Table. Book. by Lois LowryAcross So Many Seas by Ruth BeharMid-Air by Alicia D. Williams
2025 Mock Newbery List
94 books — 75 voters

An American Story by Kwame AlexanderBig by Vashti HarrisonOnce Upon a Book by Grace LinA First Time for Everything by Dan SantatThe Skull by Jon Klassen
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. SchmidtSimon Sort of Says by Erin BowA First Time for Everything by Dan SantatAn American Story by Kwame Alexander
2024 Mock Newbery List
133 books — 109 voters

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
2023 Mock Newbery List
154 books — 139 voters
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la PeñaUnspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford
2022 Mock Caldecott List
143 books — 66 voters

Starfish by Lisa FippsAlone by Megan E. FreemanGone to the Woods by Gary PaulsenThe One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park
Mock Newbery 2022
132 books — 178 voters
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyWhen Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonChirp by Kate Messner
Mock Newbery 2021
117 books — 181 voters

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Printz 2020
25 books — 26 voters
Queen of the Sea by Dylan MeconisPay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. SchmidtThe Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Mock Newbery 2020
97 books — 217 voters

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica     LoveHello Lighthouse by Sophie  BlackallDreamers by Yuyi MoralesIslandborn by Junot DíazHello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
2019 Mock Caldecott
84 books — 149 voters
Front Desk by Kelly YangHey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. KrosoczkaThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangThe Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie ConnorRebound by Kwame Alexander
Mock Newbery 2019
97 books — 200 voters

Long Way Down by Jason ReynoldsVincent and Theo by Deborah HeiligmanCrossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya BoldenMidnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn AndersonThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Mock Printz 2018
35 books — 100 voters
Life by Cynthia RylantLittle Fox in the Forest by Stephanie GraeginWolf in the Snow by Matthew CordellAfter the Fall by Dan SantatThe Crane Girl by Curtis Manley
2018 Mock Caldecott
104 books — 152 voters

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren WolkLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsRefugee by Alan GratzTrain I Ride by Paul   MosierHer Right Foot by Dave Eggers
2018 Mock Newbery
100 books — 335 voters
Snow White by Matt PhelanIdeas Are All Around by Philip C. SteadThere Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane SmithYaks Yak by Linda Sue ParkThunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
2017 Mock Caldecott
99 books — 220 voters

Scythe by Neal ShustermanSaving Red by Sonya SonesWolf Hollow by Lauren WolkBooked by Kwame Alexander
Mock Printz 2017
45 books — 64 voters
Wolf Hollow by Lauren WolkThe Inquisitor's Tale by Adam GidwitzThe Best Man by Richard PeckThe Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price by Jennifer MaschariAll Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
2017 Mock Newbery
90 books — 365 voters