Mock Newbery Results

We held our Mock Newbery on Monday and here are our results!

Medal Winner:
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me

Honor Books:
Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

Complete List of Titles considered:
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Anything But Typical
Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician’s Elephant
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Peck, Richard. A Season of Gifts
Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me
Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
Woodson, Jacqueline. Peace, Locomotion

I know the discussion and voting for the real committee remains secret, but since this was for fun I'll discuss. We had a lovely conversation, very respectful, very quick (only 10 minutes alloted for each book). The most heated conversation revolved around Almost Astronauts as I'm sure you can all imagine. All the Broken Pieces, got a lot of love and I'll be interested to see how it stacks up in our Mock Printz discussion. No one seemed to be terribly impressed with The Magician's Elephant, even though everyone reported being able to remember how it felt to read the book, even if they couldn't recall anything about the books other than the generalities.

When You Reach Me was the clear winner on the first round of voting, we had 4 other books that were clearly more favored by the group. 3 of which you see as honor books, along with Homer P. Figg which got voted off the honor list on our second vote. That made me sad. I loved me some Homer! Anyhow a good time was had by all and the food was terrific!