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"During the selection meetings, the committee discusses all nominated and suggested books before beginning balloting. Each committee member votes for three books, with four points assigned to first choice, three points to second choice, and two points to third choice."



We will narrow our current list down to 8 books for our final voting.

Please list in order your three choices for the Newbery award.

Your first pick will be awarded 4 points.
Your second choice will be awarded 3 points.
Your final selection will be awarded 2 points.

Points will not be given to any books mentioned past the third selection and only books from our voting list will be eligible.

The 2023 Mock Newbery voting list:


Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King

Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

Northwind by Gary Paulsen

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

My Own Lightning by Lauren Wolk

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

In Honor of Broken Things by Paul Acampora

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Aviva vs the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

New from Here by Kelly Yang

The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart



This thread will close on the morning of January 21st.

These are my 3 choices :

1. The Ogress and the Orphans

2. A Rover's Story

3. Northwind

1. A Rover’s Story
2. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
3. Attack of the Black Rectangles

1. The Patron Thief of Bread

2. The Ogress and the Orphans

3. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

1. Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
2. Northwind
3. The Ogress and the Orphan

1. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
2. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
3. Attack of the Killer Black Rectangles

1. I Must Betray You
2. A Rover Story
3. The Last Mapmaker

A Rover’s Story
The Last Mapmaker
New From Here

1. I Must Betray You

2. The Last Mapmaker

3. Maizy Chen’s Last Chance

A Rover’s Story
Midnight Children
Hummingbird

1. The Last Mapmaker
2. I Must Betray You
3. Midnight Children

1. In Honor of Broken Things
2. Wayward Creatures
3. I Must Betray You

1-The Patron Thief of Bread
2-The Ogress and the Orphans
3-The Last Mapmaker

1. Ogress and the Orphans
2. Alias Anna
3. Freewater

1. My Own Lightning
2. Those Kids from Fawn Creek
3. Attack of the Black Rectangles

1. The Last Mapmaker
2. A Rover’s Story
3. New From Here

My selections seem to have disappeared. Submitting them again.

1. The Ogress & the Orphans
2. The Last Mapmaker
3. The Patron Thief of Bread

I see two Round 1 voting threads. Will both of them be counted?

How to Build A Human

My Own Lightning

1. The Last Mapmaker
2. A Rover's Story
3. I Must Betray You

The Last Mapmaker
I Must Betray You
Attack of the Black Rectangles

1. Rovers story
2 Maoist Chen
3 Ogress & Orphans

Sorry my #2 should be Maisy Chen’s Last chance

1. Alias Anna
2. A Rover’s Story
3. I Must Betray You

1. Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk
2. A Rover's Story
3. The Patron Thief of Bread

1. Hummingbird
2. Ogress & Orphans
3. Rovers Story

1. A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
2. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller
3. Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

1. Attack of the Black Rectangles
2. I Must Betray You
3. The Last Mapmaker

I'm not sure why the thread duplicated itself but I made sure no votes were lost!

Voting totals below:

A Rover’s Story, 37 votes
The Last Mapmaker, 31 votes
I Must Betray You, 23 votes
The Ogress and the Orphans, 21 votes
Attack of the Black Rectangles, 12 votes
The Patron Thief of Bread, 12 votes
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk, 8 votes
Hummingbird, 8 votes
Alias Anna, 7 votes
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, 7 votes
My Own Lightning, 7 votes
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao, 6 votes
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?, 4 votes
How to Build A Human, 4 votes
In Honor of Broken Things, 4 votes
New From Here, 4 votes
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller, 3 votes
Midnight Children, 3 votes
Northwind, 3 votes
Those Kids from Fawn Creek, 3 votes
Wayward Creatures, 3 votes
Freewater, 2 votes