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Given by Arizona Library Association

Other Names: Arizona Young Readers Award
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RULES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE AWARD

General Description

1. The purpose of the Grand Canyon Reader Award is:

to encourage Arizona young readers to become better acquainted with recently published show more quality books.

to honor favorite books and authors.

2. The award is given annually in the following categories:

Picture Books

Intermediate Books

Tween Books

Non-fiction Books

3. The winning book in each category is determined by the vote of young readers in Arizona.

4. An award is given in each category, including the illustrator for the winning picture book.

5. The awards are presented at the annual AzLA conference.

6. The Grand Canyon Reader Award is sponsored by the Arizona Library Association. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (130), Recommended (175), Nominee (1,486)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2021 (10), 2020 (10), 2019 (10), 2018 (10), 2017 (10), 2016 (10), 2015 (10), 2013 (20), 2007 (10), 2006 (10), 2005 (10), 2004 (10), 2003 (10), 2002 (10), 2001 (10), 2000 (10), 1999 (10), 1998 (10), 1997 (10), 1996 (10), 1995 (10), 1994 (10), 1983 (5)

Winner 19

WorkYear
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas2019
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys2018
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard2017
Sick by Tom Leveen2016
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer2015
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman2007
Eragon by Christopher Paolini2006
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer2005
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke2004
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli2003
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis2002
Holes by Louis Sachar2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling2000
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine1999
Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse1998
The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon1997
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick1996
The Giver by Lois Lowry1995
Nothing but the Truth by Avi1994

Nominee 235

WorkYear
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo2021
Internment by Samira Ahmed2021
We Are All That's Left by Carrie Arcos2021
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden2021
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott2021
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg2021
Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner2021
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay2021
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork2021
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White2021
Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge2020
Warcross by Marie Lu2020
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu2020
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus2020
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven2020
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds2020
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson2020
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz2020
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater2020
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor2020
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas2019
Believarexic by J. J. Johnson2019
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman2019
Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy2019
The Last True Love Story by Brendan Kiely2019
Soundless by Richelle Mead2019
All We Have Left by Wendy Mills2019
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed2019
Scythe by Neal Shusterman2019
Desert Dark by Sonja Stone2019
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys2018
Blackbird by Anna Carey2018
The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg2018
Dead Ends by Erin Jade Lange2018
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart2018
Hit Count by Chris Lynch2018
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon2018
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy2018
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven2018
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds2018
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard2017
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi2017
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr2017
Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen2017
Conversion by Katherine Howe2017
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd2017
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin2017
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina2017
Ripper by Stefan Petrucha2017
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds2017
Sick by Tom Leveen2016
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson2016
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal2016
The Living by Matt de la Peña2016
Just One Day by Gayle Forman2016
The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost2016
The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe2016
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell2016
The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider2016
Muckers by Sandra Neil Wallace2016
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer2015
Blink Once by Cylin Busby2015
Croak by Gina Damico2015
Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball by R. A. Dickey2015
Every Day by David Levithan2015
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka2015
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot2015
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater2015
The Final Four by Paul Volponi2015
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein2015
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card2013
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare2013
Ballistics: Poems by Billy Collins2013
We Were Here by Matt de la Peña2013
Annexed by Sharon Dogar2013
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly2013
After by Amy Efaw2013
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray2013
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand2013
Willow by Julia Hoban2013
Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne2013
The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint2013
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore2013
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest2013
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi2013
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys2013
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow2013
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman2013
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork2013
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea2013
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman2007
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch2007
The Dark Pond by Joseph Bruchac2007
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti2007
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper2007
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris2007
My Life and Death by Alexandra Canarsie by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe2007
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel2007
After by Francine Prose2007
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde2007
Eragon by Christopher Paolini2006
Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe2006
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen2006
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau2006
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles2006
The River Between Us by Richard Peck2006
Pirates! by Celia Rees2006
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones2006
The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian2006
Lord Of The Kill by Theodore Taylor2006
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares2005
Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori2005
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen2005
The Misfits by James Howe2005
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin2005
Cut by Patricia McCormick2005
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates2005
White Fox Chronicles by Gary Paulsen2005
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan2005
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke2004
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson2004
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements2004
Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman2004
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix2004
Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg2004
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer2004
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen2004
Fair Weather by Richard Peck2004
Multiple Choice by Janet Tashjian2004
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli2003
Fire, Bed, and Bone by Henrietta Branford2003
Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell2003
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs2003
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt2003
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck2003
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick2003
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan2003
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman2003
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman2003
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis2002
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer2002
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood2002
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman2002
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher2002
Monster by Walter Dean Myers2002
Sang Spell by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor2002
The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen2002
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck2002
Choosing Up Sides by John H. Ritter2002
Holes by Louis Sachar2001
Glennis, Before and After by Patricia Calvert2001
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos2001
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix2001
The Maze by Will Hobbs2001
The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence2001
Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald2001
Clockwork by Philip Pullman2001
Alias by Mary Elizabeth Ryan2001
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Wilson2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling2000
The King's Shadow by Elizabeth Alder2000
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia DeFelice2000
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine2000
Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs2000
Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen2000
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers2000
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman (Laurel-Leaf Books) by Louise Plummer2000
Welcome to the Ark by Stephanie S. Tolan2000
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White2000
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine1999
Tangerine by Edward Bloor1999
Overdue by Richie Tankersley Cusick1999
3 NBs of Julian Drew by James M. Deem1999
Jack's Black Book: What Happens When You Flunk an IQ Test? (Jack Henry) by Jack Gantos1999
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn1999
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg1999
Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky1999
The Fire Pony by Rodman Philbrick1999
Crash by Jerry Spinelli1999
Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse1998
Thwonk by Joan Bauer1998
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis1998
Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland1998
Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs1998
California Blue by David Klass1998
Ice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor1998
The Rifle by Gary Paulsen1998
Others See Us by William Sleator1998
The Bomb by Theodore Taylor1998
The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon1997
Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney1997
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman1997
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer1997
The Big Wander by Will Hobbs1997
The Car by Gary Paulsen1997
BEL-AIR BAMBI AND THE MALL RATS (Laurel-Leaf Books) by Richard Peck1997
Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor1997
Walker of Time by Helen Hughes Vick1997
Loch by Paul Zindel1997
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick1996
Squashed by Joan Bauer1996
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher1996
Julie by Jean Craighead George1996
Switching Well by Peni R. Griffin1996
The Trouble with Lemons by Daniel Hayes1996
Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman1996
Salamandastron by Brian Jacques1996
Toning The Sweep by Angela Johnson1996
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen1996
The Giver by Lois Lowry1995
Ghost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin1995
Flight #116 Is Down! by Caroline B. Cooney1995
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher1995
Sammy Carducci's Guide to Women by Ronald Kidd1995
Canyons by Gary Paulsen1995
Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss1995
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote1995
Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples1995
The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor1995
Nothing but the Truth by Avi1994
Skinhead by Jay Bennett1994
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi1994
Other Bells for Us to Ring by Robert Cormier1994
Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques1994
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause1994
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker by Carolyn Meyer1994
Death Walk (Walt Morey Adventure Library) by Walt Morey1994
My Name Is Sus5an Smith: The 5 Is Silent by Louise Plummer1994
The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor1994
The Pistachio Prescription by Paula Danziger1983
Tex by S. E. Hinton1983
The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt1983
One Fat Summer (Ursula Nordstrom Book) by Robert Lipsyte1983
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls1983

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