{"id":16922,"date":"2013-01-14T22:57:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T02:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=16922"},"modified":"2013-01-14T23:07:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T03:07:57","slug":"mock-newbery-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=16922","title":{"rendered":"Mock Newbery Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, we had our first annual Mock Newbery voting.  The idea is to figure out which children&#8217;s book published in 2012 <em>we<\/em> think was most distinguished.<\/p>\n<p>The winner is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/3_times_lucky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/3_times_lucky.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3_times_lucky\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16930\" \/><\/a><em>Three Times Lucky<\/em>, by Sheila Turnage<\/p>\n<p>Participants commented on the distinctive voice, and that it showed character growth, besides having a plot that included a murder mystery with twists and turns.  I didn&#8217;t read <em>Three Times Lucky<\/em> in 2012, so it didn&#8217;t make my 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs, but it may well make my list for 2013.<\/p>\n<p>We chose two Honor Books:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/one_and_only_ivan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/one_and_only_ivan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"one_and_only_ivan\" width=\"119\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16932\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/one_and_only_ivan.html\">The One and Only Ivan<\/a><\/em>, by Katherine Applegate<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/summer_of_the_gypsy_moths.html\">Summer of the Gypsy Moths<\/a><\/em>, by Sara Pennypacker<a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/summer_of_the_gypsy_moths1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/summer_of_the_gypsy_moths1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"summer_of_the_gypsy_moths\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16933\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re all waiting eagerly to see which books will win the official Newbery Medal on January 28!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, we had our first annual Mock Newbery voting. The idea is to figure out which children&#8217;s book published in 2012 we think was most distinguished. The winner is: Three Times Lucky, by Sheila Turnage Participants commented on the distinctive voice, and that it showed character growth, besides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,30,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award-winners","category-general","category-kidlitosphere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}