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January 20, 2015 by Jonathan Hunt

Online Winners!

January 20, 2015 by Jonathan Hunt   4 comments

Here are the results.  We had 67 voters, and although BROWN GIRL DREAMING had less than a quarter of those first place votes, it still has almost double the next highest book.  It’s much closer on the point spread; it’s got 31 points more than the second book, and it has 31.  It’s our clear winner.  I’m calling the blue highlighted titles our for-sure Honor books, while the green highlighted titles are those which we might also add.  It’s been a long, long time since a committee chose 6 honor books, though, so more than likely REVOLUTION wouldn’t make our cut.  We’d probably be discussing 3, 4, or 5 Honor books.

BROWN GIRL DREAMING . . . 15 (1st) + 8 (2nd) + 9 (3rd) = 102

THE FAMILY ROMANOV . . . 8 (1st) + 9 (2nd) + 6 (3rd) = 71

WEST OF THE MOON . . . 5 (1st) + 9 (2nd) + 5 (3rd) = 57 

EL DEAFO . . . 4 (1st) + 9 (2nd) + 7 (3rd) = 57

THE CROSSOVER . . . 7 (1st) + 4 (2nd) + 4 (3rd) = 44

THE NIGHT GARDENER . . . 3 (1st) + 4 (2nd) + 4 (3rd) = 32

REVOLUTION . . . 4 (1st) + 2 (2nd) + 4 (3rd) = 30

RAIN REIGN . . . 1 (1st) + 5 (2nd) + 3 (3rd) = 25

A SNICKER OF MAGIC . . . 5 (1st) + 1 (2nd) = 23

GREENGLASS HOUSE . . . 4 (1st) + 2 (3rd) = 20

THE PORT CHICAGO 50 . . . 1 (1st) + 3 (2nd) + 3 (3rd) = 19

ABSOLUTELY ALMOST . . . 1 (1st) + 2 (2nd) + 1 (3rd) = 12

THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH . . . 1 (1st) + 1 (2nd) + 1 (3rd) = 9

THE PRINCESS IN BLACK . . . 1 (2nd) + 3 (3rd) = 9

UNDER THE EGG . . . 1 (2nd) + 2 (3rd) = 7

EGG & SPOON . . . 1 (1st) + 1 (3rd) = 6

THE KEY THAT SWALLOWED JOEY PIGZA . . . 3 (3rd) = 6

CURIOSITY . . . 1 (2nd) + 2 (3rd) = 5

NIGHTINGALE’S NEST . . . 1 (1st) = 4

CAMINAR  . . . 1 (1st) = 4

ARCADY’S GOAL . . . 1 (1st) = 4

THE THICKETY . . . 1 (1st) = 4

BIRD . . . 1 (1st) = 4

THE GHOSTS OF TUPELO LANDING . . . 2 (3rd) = 4

BOYS OF BLUR . . . 1 (2nd) = 3

UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE . . . 1 (2nd) = 3

NEST . . . 1 (2nd) = 3

THE SECRET HUM OF A DAISY . . . 1 (2nd) = 3

WINTER BEES . . . 1 (2nd) = 2
RIVERMAN . . . 1 (3rd) = 2

HALF A WORLD AWA Y . . . 1 (3rd) = 2

THE SILVER PEOPLE . . . 1 (3rd) = 2

THE MISADVENTURES OF THE FAMILY FLETCHER . . . 1 (3rd) = 2

 

 

 

 

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About Jonathan Hunt

Jonathan Hunt is the Coordinator of Library Media Services at the San Diego County Office of Education. He served on the 2006 Newbery committee, and has also judged the Caldecott Medal, the Printz Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. You can reach him at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com

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  1. Nina Lindsay says

    January 20, 2015 at 12:17 pm

    If this were a committee ballot and BROWN GIRL DREAMING really could be called the winner, this could be an example of where the committee decides to re-ballot for honors, rather than using this ballot… The re-ballot would be without BGD, and the committee could also decide to shave as many titles off the bottom or not as they wanted to. (I could see, for instance, that the many 1st place voters for SNICKER and GREENGLASS might try to make a last ditch argument for those, though they don’t seem to have enough votes overall to carry a place in the end.) The idea is that with those votes shifting around, the point spread in the reballot might more clearly indicate a cut off.

  2. Melody Allen says

    January 22, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    19 Rhode island public and school librarians and teachers attended the final selection meeting after three earlier sessions spent narrowing the list. The results (with an overwhelming first choice by 16 participants and 3 second place votes) were:

    Mock Newbery Medal:
    The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

    Mock Newbery Honor Books:
    Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
    The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
    Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Lamana

    The final list included The Night Gardener, The Family Romanov, and Brown Girl Dreaming.

    • Jonathan Hunt says

      January 22, 2015 at 1:45 pm

      THE MARK OF THE DRAGONFLY is another book that we really should have discussed here. It’s a longish steampunk novel that could be a high Newbery or low Printz. Glad to see your group give the book its just due.

  3. Susie Isaac says

    January 30, 2015 at 11:53 am

    Our Newbery Club doesn’t vote until the Friday before the real winners are announced, so here’s our late entry. I think The Crossover will remain a favorite among elementary students:
    Our Mock Newbery Medal goes to: The Crossover
    Our four honor awards (in order) are:
    El Deafo
    Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
    The Port Chicago 50
    The Fourteenth Goldfish

    The Red Pencil was not on our radar until two weeks ago, but I feel confident it would’ve been in our top five had we known about it earlier.

    We’re excited for Monday morning!

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