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Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice
Awards Program Master List
2018 - 2019


Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

Andros, Camille; illustrated by Brianne Farley	Charlotte the Scientist is Squished!	Clarion Books
Clanton, Ben	Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea	Tundra Books
Derby, Sally; illustrated by Mika Song	A New School Year, Stories in Six Voices	Charlesbridge
John, Jory; illustrated by Pete Oswald	The Bad Seed	HarperCollins
Kirk, Daniel	Rhino in the House: The Story of Saving Samia	Abrams Books for Young Readers
LaReau, Kara; illustrated by Matt Myers	The Infamous Ratsos	Candlewick
MacLachlan, Patricia; illustrated by Marc Boutavant	Barkus	Chronicle Books
Miller, Tim	Moo Moo in a Tutu	Balzer+Bray
Olien, Jessica	The Blobfish Book	Balzer+Bray
Schlitz, Laura Amy; illustrated by Brian Flocca	Princess Cora and the Crocodile	Candlewick
Stewart, Melissa; illustrated by Steve Jenkins	Can an Aardvark Bark?	Beach Lane Books
Twohy, Mike	Mouse and Hippo	Paula Wiseman Books
Will Wissinger, Tamera; illustrated by Matthew Cordell	Gone Camping: a novel in verse	Houghton Mifflin
Williams, Lily	If Sharks Disappeared	Roaring Brook Press
Yolen, Jane; illustrated by Jossee Massee	Thunder Underground	WordSong

Grades 3 - 6

Applegate, Katherine	Wishtree	Feiwel & Friends
Baptiste, Tracey	The Jumbies	Algonquin Young Readers
Brown, Peter	The Wild Robot	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Clements, Andrew	The Losers Club	Random House
Eszterhas, Suzi	Moto and Me : My Year as a Wildcat's Foster Mom	Owlkids Books
Hale, Shannon; illustrated by LeUyen Pham	Real Friends	First Second
Hapka, Catherine	Snowman: The True Story of a Champion	Aladdin Books
Kelly, Jacqueline; illustrated by Teagan White and Jennifer L. Meyer	Skunked! (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet)	Henry Holt
King, Amy Sarig	Me and Marvin Gardens	Scholastic
Lysiak, Hilde with Matthew Lysiak; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff	Hero Dog! (Hilde Cracks the Case #1)	Scholastic
McGovern, Cammie	Chester and Gus	HarperCollins
O'Connor, Barbara	Wish	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Roy, Katherine	How to Be an Elephant	David Macaulay Studio, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Scattergood, Augusta	Making Friends With Billy Wong	Scholastic
Williams-Garcia, Rita	Clayton Byrd Goes Underground	HarperCollins

Grades 6 - 8

Auxier, Jonathan	Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard	Amulet Books
Barry, Dave	The Worst Class Trip Ever	Disney-Hyperion
Connor, Leslie	All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook	Katherine Tegen Books
Creech, Sharon	Moo	HarperCollins
Gratz, Alan	Refugee	Scholastic
Grimes, Nikki	Garvey's Choice	WordSong
Harrington, Karen	Mayday	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Holbrook, Sara	The Enemy: Detroit, 1954	Calkins Creek
Key, Watt	Terror at Bottle Creek	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Kline, Christina Baker	Orphan Train Girl (The Young Readers’ Edition)	HarperCollins
Korman, Gordon	Restart	Scholastic
Mann, J. Albert	Scar: a Revolutionary War Tale	Calkins Creek
Messner, Kate	The Exact Location of Home	Bloomsbury
Reynolds, Jason	Ghost	Atheneum
Shulman, Polly	The Poe Estate	Penguin Young Readers

Young Adult

Benway, Robin	Far from the Tree	HarperTeen
Black, Holly	The Cruel Prince	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Garber, Stephanie	Caraval	Flatiron Books
Georges, Nicole J.	Fetch : How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home	Mariner Books
Lord, Emery	The Names They Gave Us	Bloomsbury USA
Lu, Marie	Warcross	G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Mathieu, Jennifer	Moxie	Roaring Brook Press
McManus, Karen M.	One of Us Is Lying	Delacorte Press
Menon, Sandhya	When Dimple Met Rishi	Simon Pulse
Reck, Jared	A Short History of the Girl Next Door	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Reynolds, Jason	Long Way Down	Atheneum
Silvera, Adam	They Both Die at the End	HarperTeen
Slater, Dashka	The 57 Bus	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Swanson, James L.	Chasing King’s Killer	Scholastic
Thomas, Angie	The Hate U Give	Balzer+Bray

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