It’s time for the big reveal! Here are the first chunk of results to our 2012 HB Awesome Awards, as voted by my students.
The book awards got their name based on several student suggestions. Almost all the awards start with the word “Best,” so some wanted to call them the B Awards. The H comes from my last name, Houghton, and AWESOME has kind of been our word for the year — as a class, it seems to be the best word we can find when something is really interesting/great/cool.
Best Squish Book
#3 Squish 1:Â Super Amoeba;Â #2 Squish 2: Brave New Pond; AND #1……
Best Book that’s Mostly Sadness
#3 Wonderstruck;Â #2 Never Forgotten; AND #1…..
Best Read Aloud
#3 TIE between Robot Zombie Frankenstein and Wonderstruck; #2 The One and Only Ivan; AND #1……..
Best Nonfiction Book
#3 An American Plague; #2 Here Come the Girl Scouts; AND #1……
Best Fiction Book
#3 Alvin Ho; #2 Squish; AND #1………………..
Best Poetry Book / Book in Verse
#3 Love That Dog; and A TWO-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE…..
Best Graphic Novel
#3 Smile; #2 Squish; AND #1…………..
Best Series
#3 Alvin Ho; #2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid; AND #1……………….
Best Historical Fiction
#3 The One and Only Ivan; #2 Dead End in Norvelt; AND #1……………
Best Picture Book
#3 THREE-WAY TIE between Boy + Bot, Vote for Me, and People; #2 The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man; AND #1………..
Best Chapter Book
#3 The One and Only Ivan; #2 Alvin Ho; AND #1………………
More awards will be revealed later today and tomorrow! Thank you so much for all your support and for the great reading memories.