2012 Mock Printz Winners!

25 Teens presented, debated, and hashed out our Final Decision on January 13.

After 4 hours, and a tie – TWICE – with discussion between votes, we finally had to make the call that after reading for almost 10 months, it came down to this:

2012 Eva Perry Mock Printz Winner – Paper Covers Rock, by Jenny Hubbard

2012 Mock Printz Honors

A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
Every You, Every Me, by David Levithan
Chime, by Frannie Billingsley
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne Valente

Very well done!  We are proud of our participants and their hard work this year.

Getting Down To It…

In our Dec. 30 meeting, 27 teens met to discuss this year’s books!  Jan. 13 will be Decision Night, so this time was very important.

Brian says that Every You, Every Me is AMAZING.  Several others concur, including April.  She did NOT want to put this book down.  Sleep deprivation ensued because of this book.

Morgan is supporting The Floating Islands.  She appreciates the writing.

Olivia said she would “marry this book” – talking about My Unfair Godmother.  As a Printz contender, well, we’ll see.

Ezra says that The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is very well written.

Renee (and others) says that A Monster Calls is definitely an award winner.

Layne gave quite the recommendation for The Girl of Fire and Thorns.  She loves the strong female main character development and appreciates that the romantic element is not the focus of the book, but believable.  Yes, Layne, we know how you feel about weak female characters who live for romance.

Other discussion took up the rest of our 2 hours, with several titles being sent to the “chair of shame,” eliminated from our full cart of books still to be read.

So — what say YOU?  Which titles have we missed this year?

The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson

Summary:  A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king of a neighboring country in turmoil and pursued by enemies seething with dark magic.

Greenwillow Books

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My Unfair Godmother, by Janette Rallison

Summary:  A fairy godmother-in-training is sent to help angry seventeen-year-old Tansy, who reluctantly is staying with her father and his new wife while her mother and sister are travelling, but the unfortunate result of this intended help is chaos and confusion.

Walker

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Top 3 Nominations for 2012 Mock Printz Award

November 18, 2011 – Excited discussion brought forth the following nominations for this year’s best teen literature:

Paper Covers Rock, by Jenny Hubbard
Chime, by Franny Billingsley
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne Valente
A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
In Trouble, by Ellen Levine
To Timbuktu, by Casey Scieszka
Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys
Every You Every Me, by David Levithan

The following each received one nomination each:

Across the Universe, by Beth Revis
As I Wake, by Elizabeth Scott
Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz
Dark Eden, by Patrick Carman
Displacement, by Thalia Chatlas
First Day on Earth, by Cecil Castellucci
The Floating Islands, by Rachel Neumeier
I’ll Be There, by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Iron Queen, by Julie Kagawa
Love Inc, by Yvonne Collins
Midnight Palace, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Near Witch, by Victoria Schwab
The Queen of Water, by  Laura Resau

Needless to say, we are all still reading like crazy!
What is YOUR favorite??

As I Wake, by Elizabeth Scott

Summary:  Seventeen-year-old Ava awakens with amnesia and a feeling that something is wrong with her life, her mother, and her friends but when the mysterious Morgan appears, her flashbacks of life as a spy for a shady government agency begin to make sense.

Dutton

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A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness

Summary:  Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill–an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

Candlewick Press

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First Day on Earth, by Cecil Castellucci

Summary:  A startling novel about the true meaning of being an alien in an equally alien world.

Scholastic

 

Dark Eden, by Patrick Carman

Summary:  While hiding out in a bomb shelter, Will Besting uncovers shocking secrets about nearby Fort Eden, a mysterious, remote treatment center where Will and six other fifteen-year-olds were sent for radical treatments to cure their phobias.

Katherine Tegen Books

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Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz

Summary:  Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher.

Candlewick

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