Poll results

My poll results don't have the shock value of the New Hampshire primaries, but they always surprise me, nonetheless. Here are the results of my Printz award poll (the original post is here).

Question: What are your favorite Printz winners and honor books?

Answers:

1^st place (10 votes)

• 2007 honor: An Abundance of Katherines

2^nd place (7 votes each)

• 2007 winner: American Born Chinese
• 2007 honor: The Book Thief
• 2006 winner: Looking for Alaska
• 2004 honor: A Northern Light
• 2000 honor: Speak

3^rd place (6 votes each)

• 2007 honor: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
• 2005 winner: how i live now
• 2004 honor: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

4^th place (5 votes)

• 2003 honor: The House of the Scorpion

5^th place (4 votes each)

• 2005 honor: Airborn
• 2000 winner: Monster

6^th place (3 votes each)

• 2005 honor: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
• 2002 honor: True Believer
• 2001 honor: Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
• 2000 honor: Hard Love

7^th place (2 votes each)

• 2004 winner: The First Part Last
• 2004 honor: Fat Kid Rules the World
• 2003 winner: Postcards from No Man’s Land
• 2003 honor: My Heartbeat
• 2003 honor: Hole in My Life
• 2001 winner: Kit’s Wilderness
• 2000 honor: Skellig

8^th place (1 vote each)

• 2006 honor: I Am the Messenger
• 2006 honor: John Lennon
• 2002 honor: The Ropemaker
• 2001 honor: Many Stones
• 2001 honor: The Body of Christopher Creed

9^th place (0 votes each)

• 2007 honor: Surrender
• 2006 honor: Black Juice
• 2006 honor: A Wreath for Emmett Till
• 2005 honor: Chanda’s Secrets
• 2004 honor: Keesha’s House
• 2002 winner: A Step From Heaven
• 2002 honor: Heart to Heart
• 2002 honor: Freewill
• 2001 honor: Stuck in Neutral

I'm impressed that An Abundance of Katherines won so decisively. It's made me resolve to get me hands on a copy as soon as possible. I heard John Green's acceptance speech for the Printz honor, and the book sounded incredibly cool. I have to give it a try.

On to the next poll...

The new poll question serves to wrap up Wizards Wireless' discussion of American Library Association awards, and asks which ones are your favorites. Forgive the lengthy options... not all the awards are well known, so I thought quick summaries might help.

Incidentally, the poll asking about favorite Newbery medalists is still running. Be sure to vote if you haven't yet. The Giver is currently in the lead, followed by From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler which is in second place. Tied for third are Number the Stars, The Bridge to Terabithia and A Wrinkle in Time.