Mock Newbery 2026 discussion

"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."

http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/als...

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 2021 Mock Newbery voting list:

Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley


This thread will close after January 19th.

These books were selected from Round 1:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Echo Mountain
Here in the Real World

The Blackbird Girls
When you trap a tiger
When Stars are Scattered

When Stars Are Scattered
Echo Mountain
Here in the Real World

1. Fighting Words
2. Blackbird Girls
3. When Stars are Scattered

Fighting Words
The List of Things that Will Not Change

Fighting Words
Blackbird Girls
When Stars are Scattered

1. Echo Mountain
2. When Stars Are Scattered
3. Here in the Real World

Here in the Real World
When Stars Are Scattered
Fighting Words

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

The Blackbird Girls
Fighting Words
Echo Mountain

When Stars are Scattered
Echo Mountain
Fighting Words

1. Fighting Words
2. Echo Mountain

Fighting Words by KBB

1. When you Trap a Tiger
2. When Stars are Scattered
3. Echo Mountain

1. When Stars Are Scattered
2. Here in the Real World
3. Echo Mountain

1. Here in the Real World
2. Fighting Words
3. Echo Mountain

1. Echo Mountain

1. When Stars Are Scattered
2. Fighting Words
3. When You Trap a Tiger

Echo Mountain
Blackbird Girls

1. When You Trap a Tiger
2. A List of Things That Will Not Change
3. When Stars Are Scattered

Fighting Words
Echo Mountain
When Stars are Scattered

1. List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
2. Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
3. Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

1. When Stars are Scattered
2. Echo Mountain
3. Fighting Words

1. Here in the Real World
2. The Blackbird Girls
3. Echo Mountain

Echo mountain
When stars are scattered

1. Fighting Words
2. The Blackbird Girls
3. The List of Things That Will Not Change

Fighting Words
Echo Mountain

1. Blackbird Girls
2. Here in the Real World
3. When you Trap a Tiger

1. Echo Mountain
2. Fighting Words
3. The Blackbird Girls

1. Blackbird Girls
2. When you Trap a Tiger
3. Fighting Words

1. Echo Mountain
2. Fighting Words
3. When Stars are Scattered

1. Echo Mountain
2. Fighting Words
3. When Stars are Scattered

When Stars are Scattered

1. When Stars are Scattered

2. The Blackbird Girls

3. Echo Mountain

1. When Stars are Scattered
2. Echo Mountain

Echo Mountain

When Stars are Scattered

1. Echo Mountain
2. When You Trap a Tiger
3. Blackbird Girls

1. Fighting
2. When Stars are Scattered
3. Echo Mountain

Fighting Words
Echo Mountain
When Stars are Scattered

When Stars
List of things
Fighting words

Fighting Words
Echo Mountain
Here in the Real World

1. Echo Mountain
2. Here in the Real World
3. The Blackbird Girls

Here in the Real Word
List of Things That Will Not Change
Echo Mountain

1. Fighting Words
2. Here in the Real World
3. When Stars are Scattered

The Blackbird Girls
Here in the Real World

Fighting Words
Echo Mountain
Blackbird Girls

Fighting Words
When Stars Are Scattered
When You Trap A Tiger

1. When Stars Are Scattered
2. When You Trap a Tiger
3. Echo Mountain

Echo Mountain
Fighting Words
List of Things That Will Not Change