Warning: This is not a Newbery prediction, but there may be winner or two here.

I have never before published my list of Newbery Medal contenders because I feel that I am not qualified, so I will just share the books that have stayed with me long past my turning the last page. Who knows, maybe there is a winner or two here?

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson