Young Reader’s Choice Awards

The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. Annual voting takes place March 15th through April 1st.

Nominations are taken only from children, teachers, parents and librarians in the Pacific Northwest. Nominated titles are those published within the previous three years, printed in the U.S. or Canada, and are already favorites with readers. Only 4th to 12th graders in the Pacific Northwest are eligible to vote. See the librarian for information on voting and nominations.

The winners for 2008 are:

Junior Division (4th - 6th Grades)

• A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray by Ann Martin

Intermediate Division (7th - 9th grades)

•   Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Senior Division (10th - 12th grades)

•  Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

 

2009 Nominees

(Read at least two so you can vote in March 2009 for your favorite)

Junior (4th-6th Grades)

• Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
  The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
  The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
  Rules by Cynthia Lord
  Gossamer by Lois Lowry
  The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
  To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel

Intermediate Division (7th -9th grades)

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne
  Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
  Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
  The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
  Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
  Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
  Small Steps by Louis Sachar
  Enydmion Spring by Matthew Skelton