Mock Printz 2026 discussion

Here are the official voting rules:

To win, a title must receive five first place votes and must also receive at least five more points than the second place title. If no title meets these criteria on the first ballot, any title receiving no votes is removed from consideration and a period of discussion of remaining titles follows. A second ballot is then conducted. Balloting continues in this fashion until a winner is declared.

Here is how we will vote:
* Pick your top three books. You don't have to read all the books on the list to vote.
* Number your votes-1st Place (title); 2nd Place (title); etc. Your order is important because the higher the placement, the more points it receives. 1st place receives 5 points, 2nd place receives 3 points, 3rd place receives 1 point.
* Voting ends Monday, January 28th at 9am CST

Here are the books you can choose from. All books were mentioned by the members.
* Poet X
* A Very Large Expanse of Sea
* Hey Kiddo
* Blood, Water, Paint
* Mary's Monster
* Sadie
* A Place Between Breaths
* Astonishing Color of After
* Darius the Great is Not Okay
* A Heart in a Body in the World
* Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
* The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
* American Road Trip
* Wild Blues
* The Place Between Breaths
* The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
* Children of Blood and Bone
* Picture Us in the Light
* Girl Made of Stars
* Dread Nation
* Swing
* Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
* Damsel

1st: Blood, Water, Paint
2nd: Children of Blood and Bone
3rd: Poet X

1. Darius the Great is Not Okay
2. Blood Water Paint
3. Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

1. Poet X
2. Hey Kiddo
3. Sadie

1. Blood Water Paint
2. A Very Large Expanse of Sea
3. Mary's Monster

1. Darius the Great is Not Okay
2. Hey, Kiddo
3. Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

1. A Heart in a Body in the World
2. A Very Large Expanse of Sea
3. Hey, Kiddo

I don't see Damsel that I mentioned in the earlier thread. I hope you can add it in.

1. Damsel
2. Poet X
3. Sadie.

Tatiana wrote: "I don't see Damsel that I mentioned in the earlier thread. I hope you can add it in.

1. Damsel
2. Poet X
3. Sadie."

I added it; who wrote it?

Elana K. Arnold. Frankly, I am amazed nobody in this group seems to have read it. It's an outstanding novel.

Tatiana wrote: "Elana K. Arnold. I am frankly amazed nobody in this group seems to have read it. It's an outstanding novel."

YASSSS DAMSEL!!!! So good!

1. Darius the Great is Not Okay
2. Blood Water Paint
3. Hey, Kiddo

1. Astonishing Color of After
2. Darius the Great is Not Okay
3. Children of Blood and bone. (long shot but I loved it)

1) Sadie
2) Hey Kiddo
3) Blood Water Paint

1. The Place Between Breaths
2. Picture Us in the Light
3. Poet X

1-A Heart in a Body in the World
2-Poet X
3-A Very Large Expanse of Sea

1st: Blood, Water, Paint
2nd: Children of Blood and Bone
3rd: Dread Nation

1. Hey Kiddo
2. Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
3. Poet X

1. Picture Us in the Light
2. Blood, Water, Paint
3. Hey Kiddo

1st Heart in the Body of the World
2nd Wild Blues
3rd American Road Trip

1. A Very Large Expanse of Sea
2. American Road Trip
3. Blood, Water, Paint

1. Poet X
2. Hey Kiddo
3. Picture us in the Light

1. Sadie
2. Hey, Kiddo
3. American Road Trip

1. Poet X
2. Blood Water Paint
3. Darius the Great is Not Okay

1. Sadie
2. A Very Large Expanse of Sea
3. Picture us in the Light

1. Picture Us in the Light
2. The Poet X
3. Blood, Water, Paint

1. Astonishing Color of After
2. Hey, Kiddo
3. A Heart in the Body in the World

1. Astonishing color of after
2.hey kiddo
3.children of blood and bone

1. Poet X
2. Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
3. Hey, Kiddo

1. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
2. A Heart in a Body in the World
3. Hey, Kiddo

(4. Loved Dread Nation!!)

Here are the results:
Mock Printz Winner: Hey Kiddo-22 votes
Honors:
*Poet X-21 votes
*Blood Water Paint-18 votes
*Darius is Not Okay: 12 votes
*Heart in a Body: 12 votes

Well, we got two

Printz Honor for Damsel! I am very happy:)

Poet X - the trifecta: National Book Award, Printz, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!

Sorry that Hey Kiddo did not get any recognition.

I got a kick out of I, Claudia winning, since I LOVED the book(s) on which it is based : I Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves. I look forward to reading it!