Two suggestions quickly rose to the top of our list: The St. And we had a winner.īut before we get to that, I must say, we also talked about what to call these awards. And then, when all the words were spoken, we voted. As far as I know, no threats were issued, but I can’t be certain. They probably petitioned each other in the hallway. We gave our last reasons to vote for our choices. Here are the winners:ĭid I see that right? Did Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children take out 2 of the top YA/MG fantasies of 2011? Could it possibly take out our number one seed as well? Anyway, a lot of good matchups in round 2. Is that girl floating? For my money (not that there really is any), this is one of the best covers of 2011. The cover of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children swayed many who had read neither title. Many were quite upset about Inheritance‘s loss, but that’s the way it goes.

And, though I lost the tally sheets (and by lost, I mean threw away, forgetting that I still needed them to do this post), I do recall that the one matchup that was not an upset was the closest vote (I think it was something like a 3-vote victory). The first round, only three matches, had 2 upsets: one small, and one pretty big. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (6 votes)Ģ. Alex Rider: Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz (6 votes)ģ. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (5 votes)Ĥ. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (2 votes)ĥ. 7 of the 30 books nominated received more than one vote, and those became our Top Seven for our playoffs. So at the end of the year, the 86 of us each chose our favorite book published in 2011. Anyway, we read a lot, and we enjoyed what we read. Part of this is because there were a lot of good books released, and my students and I ate ’em up! And then, of course, we read them. Part of this is our course requirement to read at least one choice read a month.

Sign language by amy ackley