Heroic University had a display at the Cary Homeschoolers Student Showcase last Saturday, June 6. At our table, I asked visitors to vote for their favorite tween/teen fantasy or science fiction book(s). The choices were:
- NOTHING Beats the Harry Potter series!
- I like the classics, like The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
- GIRL POWER! Give me Katniss (The Hunger Games) & Meg (A Wrinkle in Time)
- I prefer lesser-known works like the Jack Blank and Larklight series
I also had people use different colored dots to record their votes so we could see if there was a difference in preferences between elementary, middle school, high school, and college/adult readers.
Well, J.K. Rowling blew the competition away! At all age levels, there were way more votes for Harry Potter than any other choice. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings were in a distant second place.
So there you have it! Harry Potter officially wins the 2015 CHS Student Showcase Readers Favorite Award!