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Final Round - 2023 Mock Newbery Award
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2. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
3. The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar

The Last Mapmaker
(While I Must Betray You is a terrific book, I think it should be considered for the Printz, not the Newbery.)
Based on the final voting tally our 2023 Mock Newbery winner is:
56 points
A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
Honor Selections:
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys 47 points
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat 45 points
Here are the final tally's for the remaining selections:
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill 42 points
The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar 24 points
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd 15 points
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King 11 points
Aviva vs the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe 4 points
Thank you for Voting!

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
Honor Selections:

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys 47 points

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat 45 points
Here are the final tally's for the remaining selections:
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill 42 points
The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar 24 points
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd 15 points
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King 11 points
Aviva vs the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe 4 points
Thank you for Voting!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Last Mapmaker (other topics)Aviva vs. the Dybbuk (other topics)
The Ogress and the Orphans (other topics)
I Must Betray You (other topics)
The Patron Thief of Bread (other topics)
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Christina Soontornvat (other topics)Mari Lowe (other topics)
Kelly Barnhill (other topics)
Ruta Sepetys (other topics)
Lindsay Eagar (other topics)
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The book with the most points will become our award winner. The second and third runners up will become our honor books.
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 final voting list:
Aviva vs the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
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