Time to Make the Voting Lists!

[Kristen]

The awards are in February this year which will give us a little more time to talk about them. Perhaps even get in some last minute reading! Meanwhile it's time to make our lists! List on this thread your 5 favorite books that are eligible for the 2018 Newbery awards. The top 15 books that get mentioned the most will make it onto our voting poll. From there we will vote on which one gets our pick for a Newbery medal!

[Jennifer]

I gave 5 books "5 stars" and 23 book "4 stars" LOL So I has a bunch of "almosts".

My 5 Star books were: (I hope all are eligible)

The War I Finally Won
Real Friends
Wishtree
Restart
Ahimsa

Thanks and can't wait to see everyone elses!

[Laura]

1. Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
2.Pablo and Birdy by Alison McGhee
3.Three Pennies by Melanie Crowder
4.The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City by Jodi Kendall
5.Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander (could be a Caldecott contender as well).

[Carol]

Posted by Anderson
Orphan Island by Snyder

[Ana]

The War I Finally Won
Orphan Island
Beyond the Bright Sea
Long Way Down ( worried about maturity level)
Refugee

[Tina]

The war I finally won
Refugee
Wishtree
Beyond the bright sea

[Marcie]

The War I Finally Won
Refugee
Clayton Bird Goes Underground
Beyond the Bright Sea
Hello Universe

[Niki]

The War I Finally Won
Refugee
Wishtree
Real Friends
Orphan Island

[Mary]

The War I Finally Won
Refugee
Beyond the Bright Sea
The Ethan I Was Before
Wishtree

[Phil]

Train I ride

[Jan]

Beyond the Bright Sea
The War I Finally Won
Refugee
Me and Marvin Gardens
Wishtree

[Tamara]

Refugee
Lemons
Beyond the Bright Sea
The Way to Bea
The Someday Birds

[Czechgirl]

Midnight Without a Moon
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
Beyond the Bright Sea
Orphan's Island
Auma's Long Run

[Marcie]

Marcie wrote: "The War I Finally Won
Refugee
Clayton Bird Goes Underground
Beyond the Bright Sea
Hello Universe"

Just wanted to say that my 5 favorites for middle grade teachers and librarians are:
Wishtree
Posted
Losers Club
Lemons
Ban This Book
I'd love to see any of these be honor books.

[Christine]

The Ethan I Was Before
Orphan Island
Beyond the Bright Sea
Amina’s Voice
The Warden’s Daughter

[Laura]

The War I Finally Won
Refugee
Posted
Hello Universe
Wishtree

[Scott]

I rated all these 5/5

The Someday Birds
Train I Ride
Amina's Voice
Wishtree

still holding out for another spectacular contender in my January reading!

[Jennifer]

Wishtree
Train I Ride
Orphan Island
Refugee

[LS]

My absolute favorite for the year is The Hate U Give, but I don't think it will be considered for this group due to the mature writing of the book, so here are my nominations in no particular order

Beyond the Bright Sea
The Someday Birds
The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Midnight without a Moon
One Last Word

If I could squeeze one more in it would be Three Pennies or The Losers Club

Many good ones this year!

[Sara]

So hard to pick just 5 but here are my top picks:


1. A Crack in the Sea
2. Orphan Island
3. One Last Word
4. Midnight Without a Moon
5. See You in the Cosmos

[Marilyn]

Wishtree
Beyond the Bright Sea
Princess Cora and the Crocodile
Orphan Island
The Wonderling (I'm listening to the audio narrated by Simon Vance and am totally smitten!)

[Natalie]

The Ethan I was Before
The War I Finally Won

These were actually the only two books I had with five stars from my Newbery reading! I thought I had more!
Four star books that have stuck with me though are:

Refugee
Forever or a Long Long Time and
Auma's Long Run

[Celeste]

Here is my list

1. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
2. Hello Universe
3. Real Friends
4. Me and Marvin Gardens
5. Wishtree

[Magdalena]

I haven't read anywhere near all of the books I'd hoped to, but of the potential Newbery contenders I have read, these are my top picks:

1. Tumble & Blue
2. The Girl with the Ghost Machine
3. The Ethan I Was Before
4. Forever or a Long Long Time
5. All's Faire in Middle School

[Becky]

Beyond the Bright Sea
Refugee
A Crack in the Sea
Train I Ride
Her Right Foot

I would also add I'm Just No Good at Rhyming and Vincent and Theo if I we could pick 7 but, alas, they are lower on my list. I think this is a big year and wonder how many books will be recognized this year. Is there a maximum? Can they pick 5 honor books?

[Laura]

Becky wrote: "Beyond the Bright Sea
Refugee
A Crack in the Sea
Train I Ride
Her Right Foot

I would also add I'm Just No Good at Rhyming and Vincent and Theo if I we could pick 7 but, alas, they are lower on my ..."

Honors can be 0 to 8. Since 1938 it has typically been up to 5.

[Brenda]

Refugee
Beyond the Bright Sea
Clayton Byrd
Lucky Broken Girl

Just wondering about War I Finally Won, would that be ineligible as it is a second book in a series?

[Jennifer]

Dicey's Song, second book in The Tillerman Cycle, by Cynthia Voigt (1983)

The Grey King, fourth book in The Dark is Rising series, by Susan Cooper (1976)

The High King, fifth book in The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (1969)

Copied- but I thought a couple had.

[Shari (Shira)]

Refugee
Clayton Bird
Her Right Foot
Long Way Down
The Hate U Give

[swimmy winny]

Real Friends
Me and Marvin Gardens
Long Way Down (is this eligible?)
First Rule of Punk

[swimmy winny]

Refugee

[Jenn]

1. A Dog in the Cave: the Wolves Who Made Us Human by Kay Frydenborg
2. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
3. Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder
4. Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
5. The Ethan I Was Before by Ali Standish

[Tamsyn]

Long Way Down
War I Finally Won
Train I Ride
Lucky Broken Girl
Refugee

[Tricia]

Here are my top 5 so far

1. Refugee
2. Crack in the Sea
3. Orphan Island
4. The Crystal Ribbon
5. Forever or a long, long time

[Alison]

1. Refugee
2. Forget Me Not
3. Real Friends
4. Amina’s Voice
5. Beyond The Bright Sea

[Trey]

Beyond the Bright Sea
Orphan Island
Real Friends

[Cara]

Me and Marvin Gardens
The War I Finally Won
Beyond the Bright Sea
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

[Mary]

This was hard and I still have a few more to read.

1. Refugee
2. Hello, Universe
3. Real Friends
4. Me and Marvin Gardens
5. Wishtree

[Beverly]

Only read Wishtree this year, and liked it immensely. So that is my vote.

[Franki]

Kristen wrote: "The awards are in February this year which will give us a little more time to talk about them. Perhaps even get in some last minute reading! Meanwhile it's time to make our lists! List on this thre..."

I still have so many to read but here are my top 5 for Newbery this year...
Orphan Island
Beyond the Bright Sea
Forever or a Long Long Time
War I Finally Won
Wishtree

[Niki]

Brenda wrote: "Refugee
Beyond the Bright Sea
Clayton Byrd
Lucky Broken Girl

Just wondering about War I Finally Won, would that be ineligible as it is a second book in a series?"

I found this information online:
"It is said that series books have a more difficult time of winning the Newbery. However, three series books have won the Medal. Name the books, series, and authors.
Dicey's Song, second book in The Tillerman Cycle, by Cynthia Voigt (1983)
The Grey King, fourth book in The Dark is Rising series, by Susan Cooper (1976)
The High King, fifth book in The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (1969)"

[Kim]

My faves were:
1. Orphan Island
2. Refugee
3. Wishtree

[Virginia]

My 5 (in no particular order):
Orphan Island
Amina's Voice
Lucky Broken Girl
The War I Finally Won
Beyond the Bright Sea

[Laurie]

1. War I Finally Won
2. Lucky Broken Girl
3. Real Friends
4. Auma's Long Run

[Pam]

1. The Ethan I was Before
2. Lucky Broken Girl
3. The War I Finally Won
4. Real Friends
5. Amina's Voice
(I am just starting Beyond the Bright Sea and based on the reviews I have read from all of you this will likely be added to my list!)

[Ms. B]

Beyond the Bright Sea

[Cindy]

My top five are:
1. Refugee
2. See You in the Cosmos
3. Wishtree
4. Hello, Universe
5. Beyond the Bright Sea

[Sara]

My top five are:
1. Refugee
2. Wishtree
3. The War I finally Won
4. Aumas Last Run
5. Restart
(would have liked to add Lucky Broken Girl too)

[Brenda]

1. The War I Finally Won
2. Refugee
3. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
4. Beyond the Bright Sea
5. The Someday Birds

[Suzanne]

My top three favorites:

1. Beyond the Bright Sea
1. Refugee
3. Orphan Island