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2. Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry
3. The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

2. Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
3. Enigma Girls
(and can we fix the typo in the list?)
Richie wrote: "1. Tree. Table. Book.
2. Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
3. Enigma Girls
(and can we fix the typo in the list?)"
Fixed! Thank you for pointing it out!
2. Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
3. Enigma Girls
(and can we fix the typo in the list?)"
Fixed! Thank you for pointing it out!

2. Hank Hooperman
3. Olivetti
I still need to read Enigma Girls which could sway my vote but planning to finish before the 27th

The 2025 Mock Newbery final voting tally:
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko - 42 Points
Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry - 29 Points
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly - 22 Points
Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming - 21 Points
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu - 19 Points
Olivetti by Allie Millington - 19 Points
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo - 18 Points
And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps - 9 Points
Thank you for participating!
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko - 42 Points
Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry - 29 Points
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly - 22 Points
Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming - 21 Points
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu - 19 Points
Olivetti by Allie Millington - 19 Points
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo - 18 Points
And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps - 9 Points
Thank you for participating!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The First State of Being (other topics)Tree. Table. Book. (other topics)
And Then, Boom! (other topics)
Louder Than Hunger (other topics)
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Lois Lowry (other topics)John Schu (other topics)
Erin Entrada Kelly (other topics)
Gennifer Choldenko (other topics)
Candace Fleming (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 2025 Mock Newbery final voting list:
Olivetti by Allie Millington
And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu
Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming
Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
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