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January 28, 2023 by Steven Engelfried

Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Readers’ Poll Results

January 28, 2023 by Steven Engelfried   2 comments

The votes are in, and it was a close one! 147 voted for their top three titles from our Heavy Medal Book List. We tabulated results using the Newbery formula: Four points for each first place vote, three points for second place, and two points for third place. We wound up with two clear leaders, but no clear winner. Nevertheless, the results are final:

Heavy Medal Reader’s Poll Winner:

  • THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS by Kelly Barnhill

Heavy Medal Readers’ Poll Honor Books:

  • THE LAST MAPMAKER by Christina Soontornvat
  • I MUST BETRAY YOU by Ruta Sepetys
  • A ROVER’S STORY by Jasmine Warga
  • AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT by Jason Reynolds

Here’s how close it was at the top: OGRESS received the most first place votes, with 30. MAPMAKER had 25 first place votes. But MAPMAKER received more second and third place votes, so it led the total points race, 193 to 185. In the real Newbery Committee, this would lead to more discussion and a brand new ballot. But since we’re just doing one poll, Emily and I decided to call it for OGRESS. We both felt the first place votes should weigh the heaviest. Complete results are below.

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This Readers’ Poll leaves us with a different winner for each of our three Mock Newbery ballots on Heavy Medal:

  • Heavy Medal Award Committee (live webcast yesterday): AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT
  • Heavy Medal Webcast Viewers (also from yesterday): THE DOOR OF NO RETURN
  • Heavy Medal Readers’ Poll: THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS

Now we just have to wait two days to learn about the one that really matters. The real Newbery Medal, and all of the other youth book and media awards from the American Library Association will be announced on Monday, January 30th at 8:00 am CST. You can view the live webcast at this link. Then check back in here on Heavy Medal and we’ll all share our reactions…

HEAVY MEDAL READERS’ POLL RESULTS:

Title1st place2nd place3rd placepoints
THE OGRESS & THE ORPHANS (medal)301510185
THE LAST MAPMAKER (honor)241920193
I MUST BETRAY YOU (honor)171410130
A ROVER’S STORY (honor)161211122
AINT BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT (honor)91813116
SWIM TEAM71517107
THE DOOR OF NO RETURN111114105
ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLES710976
BLACK BIRD, BLUE ROAD58860
FARMHOUSE73751
HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN55545
AVIVA VS. THE DYBBUK53437
VIOLET & JOBIE IN THE WILD34330
MARSHMALLOW CLOUDS13115
BLUE02414
BERRY02312

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About Steven Engelfried

Steven Engelfried was the Library Services Manager at the Wilsonville Public Library in Oregon until he retired in 2022 after 35 years as a full-time librarian. He served on the 2010 Newbery committee, chaired the 2013 Newbery Committee, and also served on the 2002 Caldecott committee. You can reach him at sengelfried@yahoo.com.

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  1. Gabrielle Stoller says

    January 28, 2023 at 4:59 pm

    Justice for I MUST BETRAY YOU!!! 😉

    I totally am on board with the results of this poll. And any really.

    Monday is going to be interesting!

  2. Kate Mccue-Day says

    January 29, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    I loved Orgress so much and would be thrilled if it won tomorrow. It’s just beautiful and timely.

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