The Town That Could Not Agree
The idea: most votes, a majority, and a fair choice.
Read it
One story, three ways: Sprout for a new reader, Grower in short chapters, Reader as a full chapter book. Same plot, same ending.
Who is in this book
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Fiddle You learn what a thing does by trying it — the playing is the learning from AweForge -
Majori Count the hands and name the choice with the most votes — the easy first step from VotePals -
Beto a child of the Green Takes things apart -
Consenna A winner still has to pass a check — can everyone use it? from VotePals -
Fairling The smallest group has a voice that a fair rule protects from VotePals -
Reason Say why before you vote, so a vote is a thought-out choice from VotePals -
Inkling a child of the Green Names what she notices
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- A majority means more than half. Five of thirteen is the most votes here, but it is not a majority; eight of thirteen is. Source
- Five, four, three and one make thirteen. Eight, three and two make thirteen too.
- Many groups talk through their reasons before they vote, so people can change their minds. Source
- From the real world: in many small towns in New England, everyone who lives there can come to a town meeting and vote on the town's business together. Source
Stretched
- In the book, everyone who heard the reasons changed their vote in a sensible way. What we simplified: Real people don't always agree after talking. Talking first gives a vote a better chance, not a promise.
Made up
- Fourways, its talking VotePals and a forge that holds heat for exactly one mend are made up.
Tell it back
Tell the story in your own words: who was there, what went wrong, and what they found out. Then a tally-peg goes on your belt.
On your belt: a tally-peg.
Use it somewhere else: count a fair vote in VotePals
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.