YRC - Young Reader's Choice Awards

Young Reader's Choice Awards

YRC Nominations for 2008-2009

JUNIOR DIVISION (Grades 4-6)
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

Past Winners

2008 A Dog’s Life: Autobiography of a Dog by Ann Martin
2007 Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
2006 The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
2005 Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
2004 Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
2003 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2002 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
2001 Holes by Louis Sachar
2000 A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith |
1999 Frindle by Andrew Clements |
1998 Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar (Avon/Camelot)
1997 Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting (HarperCollins)
1996 The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1995 Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret (Dutton)
1994 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum)
1993 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little)
1992 Danger in Quicksand Swamp by Bill Wallace (Holiday)
1991 Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin (Holiday)
1990: There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar (Knopf)
1989: Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (Ticknor & Fields)
1988: Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements (Viking/Scholastic)
1987: The War With Grandpa by Robert Smith (Delacorte)
1986: The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (Holiday)
1985: Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson (Lothrop)
1984: Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks (Doubleday)
1983: Superfudge by Judy Blume (Dutton)
1982: Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah and James Howe (Atheneum)
1981: Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (Little)
1980: Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
1979: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Call by Mildred Taylor (Dial)
1978: The Great Brain Does It Again by John D. Fitzgerald (Dial)
1977: Blubber by Judy Blume (Bradbury)
1976: The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald (Dial)
1975: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (Dutton)
1974: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (Atheneum)
1973: No Award
1972: Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace by Donald J. Sobol (Nelson)
1971: Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
1970: Smoke by William Corbin (Coward)
1969: Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson (Viking)
1968: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
1967: Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming (Random)
1966: Rascal by Sterling North (Dutton)
1965: John F. Kennedy and PT-109 by Richard Tregaskis (Random)
1964: The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford (Atlantic-Little)
1963: Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor by Jay Williams (McGraw)
1962: The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart Holbrook (Random)
1961: Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams (McGraw)
1960: Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
1959: Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (Harper)
1958: Golden Mare by William Corbin (Coward)
1957: Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
1956: Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor (McGraw)
1953 - 1955: No Awards
1952: Sea Star by Marguerite Henry (Rand)
1951: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry (Rand)
1950: McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss (Random)
1949: Cowboy Boots by Shannon Garst (Abingdon)
1948: The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley (Random)
1947: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1946: The Return of Silver Chief by Jack O'Brien (Holt)
1945: Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (Dutton)
1944: The Black Stallion by Walter Farley (Random)
1943: Lassie Come Home by Erick Knight (Holt)
1942: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper)
1941: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater (Little)
1940: Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe by Dell J. McCormick (Caxton)