Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice

Given by Pacific Northwest Library Association

Other Names: Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee
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The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. The award was established in 1940 by a Seattle bookseller, the show more late Harry Hartman, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives him or her pleasure.
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All, Winner (134), 2nd Place (3), 3rd Place (3), Nominee (27)
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All, Intermediate (35), Junior (32), Senior (42), Youth (11), No Category (47)
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Winner 134

WorkCategoryYear
The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn TaylorIntermediate2023
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonJunior2023
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn BarnesSenior2023
The Bridge Home by Padma VenkatramanIntermediate2022
New Kid by Jerry CraftJunior2022
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay MejiaSenior2022
City of Ghosts by V. E. SchwabIntermediate2021
The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. SutherlandJunior2021
Five Feet Apart by Rachael LippincottSenior2021
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingIntermediate2020
Refugee by Alan GratzJunior2020
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSenior2020
The Hidden Oracle by Rick RiordanIntermediate2019
Dog Man by Dav PilkeyJunior2019
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare BlakeSenior2019
The Sword of Summer by Rick RiordanIntermediate2018
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonJunior2018
Red Queen by Victoria AveyardSenior2018
The Iron Trial by Holly BlackIntermediate2017
El Deafo by Cece BellJunior2017
Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica RothSenior2017
The 5th Wave by Rick YanceyIntermediate2016
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinJunior2016
This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. SmithSenior2016
Drama by Raina TelgemeierIntermediate2015
Wonder by R. J. PalacioJunior2015
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenSenior2015
The Son of Neptune by Rick RiordanIntermediate2014
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff KinneyJunior2014
Divergent by Veronica RothSenior2014
Smile by Raina TelgemeierIntermediate2013
The Lost Hero by Rick RiordanJunior2013
Crazy by Han NolanSenior2013
The Maze Runner by James DashnerIntermediate2012
11 Birthdays by Wendy MassJunior2012
Shiver by Maggie StiefvaterSenior2012
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon HaleIntermediate2011
The Stonekeeper by Kazu KibuishiJunior2011
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSenior2011
Schooled by Gordon KormanIntermediate2010
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyJunior2010
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareSenior2010
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneIntermediate2009
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloJunior2009
New Moon by Stephenie MeyerSenior2009
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanIntermediate2008
A Dogʼs Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. MartinJunior2008
Peaches by Jodi Lynn AndersonSenior2008
The Supernaturalist by Eoin ColferIntermediate2007
Dragon Rider by Cornelia FunkeJunior2007
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry PratchettSenior2007
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniIntermediate2006
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamilloJunior2006
Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. GoingSenior2006
Son of the Mob by Gordon KormanIntermediate2005
The Thief Lord by Cornelia FunkeJunior2005
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerSenior2005
Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferIntermediate2004
Skeleton Man by Joseph BruchacJunior2004
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesSenior2004
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon KormanIntermediate2003
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloJunior2003
Hope Was Here by Joan BauerSenior2003
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerIntermediate2002
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul CurtisJunior2002
Rewind by William SleatorSenior2002
The Boxes by William SleatorSenior2001
Holes by Louis SacharYouth2001
The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems by Mel GlennSenior2000
A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-SmithYouth2000
SOS Titanic by Eve BuntingSenior1999
Frindle by Andrew ClementsYouth1999
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanSenior1998
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis SacharYouth1998
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve BuntingSenior1997
Driver's Ed by Caroline B. CooneyYouth1997
The Boys Start the War (Boy/Girl Battle) by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorSenior1996
The Giver by Lois LowryYouth1996
Who Killed My Daughter? by Lois DuncanSenior1995
Terror at the Zoo by Peg KehretYouth1995
Wolf by the Ears by Ann RinaldiSenior1994
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorYouth1994
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneySenior1993
Maniac Magee by Jerry SpinelliYouth1993
Eva by Peter DickinsonSenior1992
Danger in Quicksand Swamp by Bill WallaceYouth1992
Sex Education by Jenny DavisSenior1991
Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. MartinYouth1991
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar1990
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn1989
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements1988
The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith1987
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright1986
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson1985
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks1984
Superfudge by Judy Blume1983
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe1982
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford1981
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary1980
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor1979
The Great Brain Does It Again by John D. Fitzgerald1978
Blubber by Judy Blume1977
The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald1976
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume1975
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien1974
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace by Donald J. Sobol1972
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary1971
Smoke by William Corbin1970
Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson1969
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary1968
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming1967
Rascal by Sterling North1966
John F. Kennedy and PT-109 by Richard Tregaskis1965
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford1964
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor by Jay Williams1963
The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart H. Holbrook1962
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams1961
Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary1960
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson1959
Golden Mare by William Corbin1958
Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary1957
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor1956
Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry1952
McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss1950
Cowboy Boots by Shannon Garst1949
The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley1948
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey1947
The Return Of Silver Chief by John Sherman O'Brien1946
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan1945
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley1944
Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight1943
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder1942
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater1941
Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe by Dell J. McCormick1940

3rd Place 3

WorkCategoryYear
We Are Not Free by Traci CheeIntermediate2023
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae MarksJunior2023
The Silence of Bones by June HurSenior2023

2nd Place 3

WorkCategoryYear
Legendborn by Tracy DeonnIntermediate2023
The Wild by Owen LaukkanenIntermediate2023
City Spies by James PontiJunior2023

Nominee 27

WorkCategoryYear
Rez Dogs by Joseph BruchacJunior2024
Starfish by Lisa FippsJunior2024
The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda FoodyJunior2024
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba HigueraJunior2024
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. HolmJunior2024
Unplugged by Gordon KormanJunior2024
Finding Junie Kim by Ellen OhJunior2024
Pony by R. J. PalacioJunior2024
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéSenior2024
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleySenior2024
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoSenior2024
You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManusSenior2024
The Prison Healer by Lynette NoniSenior2024
Better Than the Movies by Lynn PainterSenior2024
Concrete Rose by Angie ThomasSenior2024
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoSenior2024
Blackout by Dhonielle ClaytonIntermediate2023
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko JeanIntermediate2023
Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina KhanIntermediate2023
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth LimIntermediate2023
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little BadgerIntermediate2023
Too Bright to See by Kyle LukoffIntermediate2023
Me (Moth) by Amber McBrideIntermediate2023
The Bones of Ruin by Sarah RaughleyIntermediate2023
The Juvie Three by Gordon KormanIntermediate2011
Peak by Roland SmithIntermediate2010
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart2010

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