Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award2008

Given by Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

59 Works 79,884 Books 3,660 Reviews 4.1
The purpose of the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program is to promote reading of quality books by young people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to encourage teacher / librarian show more collaboration in young adult and children’s literature, and to honor authors whose works have been recognized by the students of Pennsylvania. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (104), Nominee (1,759)
Categories:
All, Grades 3-5 (39), Grades 3-6 (419), Grades 3-8 (91), Grades 6-8 (458), Grades K-3 (470), Young Adult (282)
Years:
All, 2024 (60), 2023 (59), 2022 (60), 2021 (60), 2020 (57), 2019 (60), 2018 (60), 2017 (60), 2016 (56), 2015 (60), 2014 (59), 2013 (60), 2012 (60), 2011 (60), 2010 (59), 2009 (59), 2008 (59), 2007 (60), 2006 (60), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (53), 2000 (48), 1999 (43), 1998 (48), 1997 (48), 1996 (53), 1995 (47), 1994 (35), 1993 (37), 1992 (39)

Winner 3

WorkCategoryYear
Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account Of The 1938 War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthyGrades 3-62008
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGrades 6-82008
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert MurdockYoung Adult2008

Nominee 59

WorkCategoryYear
Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account Of The 1938 War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthyGrades 3-62008
The Goat Lady by Jane BregoliGrades 3-62008
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloGrades 3-62008
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire) by Frances O'Roark DowellGrades 3-62008
Mallory Vs. Max by Laurie B. FriedmanGrades 3-62008
The World's Greatest Elephant by Ralph HelferGrades 3-62008
Blackbeard's Last Fight by Eric A. KimmelGrades 3-62008
Moon Runner by Carolyn MarsdenGrades 3-62008
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCullyGrades 3-62008
The Right Dog for the Job: Ira's Path from Service Dog to Guide Dog by Dorothy Hinshaw PatentGrades 3-62008
Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer by JT PettyGrades 3-62008
Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing by April Jones PrinceGrades 3-62008
The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg TrineGrades 3-62008
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston WeatherfordGrades 3-62008
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGrades 6-82008
Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave BarryGrades 6-82008
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne BirdsallGrades 6-82008
Bridge to America: Based on a True Story by Linda GlaserGrades 6-82008
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson HaddixGrades 6-82008
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. KonigsburgGrades 6-82008
Worth by A. LaFayeGrades 6-82008
Gossamer by Lois LowryGrades 6-82008
Travel Team by Mike LupicaGrades 6-82008
Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War by Harry MazerGrades 6-82008
Skybreaker by Kenneth OppelGrades 6-82008
Now You See It... by Vivian Vande VeldeGrades 6-82008
What I Call Life by Jill WolfsonGrades 6-82008
Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa YeeGrades 6-82008
The Dragons of Spratt, Ohio by Linda ZinnenGrades 6-82008
Terrific by Jon AgeeGrades K-32008
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd ArnoldGrades K-32008
On the Go with Mr. and Mrs. Green by Keith BakerGrades K-32008
Roasted Peanuts by Tim EganGrades K-32008
Best in Show for Rotten Ralph by Jack GantosGrades K-32008
Good Dog by Maya GottfriedGrades K-32008
Moose Crossing (Moose and Hildy) by Stephanie GreeneGrades K-32008
Lilly's Big Day by Kevin HenkesGrades K-32008
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton JusterGrades K-32008
Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff! by Jessica Scott KerrinGrades K-32008
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. MckissackGrades K-32008
Thesaurus Rex by Laya SteinbergGrades K-32008
Groundhog Gets a Say by Pamela Curtis SwallowGrades K-32008
Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo WillemsGrades K-32008
Squashed in the Middle by Elizabeth WinthropGrades K-32008
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert MurdockYoung Adult2008
Ask Me No Questions by Marina BudhosYoung Adult2008
Wild Roses by Deb CalettiYoung Adult2008
Crackback by John CoyYoung Adult2008
Runner by Carl DeukerYoung Adult2008
Copper Sun by Sharon M. DraperYoung Adult2008
The Christopher Killer by Alane FergusonYoung Adult2008
Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived by Ralph HelferYoung Adult2008
Shock Point by April HenryYoung Adult2008
Black Duck by Janet Taylor LisleYoung Adult2008
Jude by Kate MorgenrothYoung Adult2008
Just Like That by Marsha QualeyYoung Adult2008
Vampire High by Douglas ReesYoung Adult2008
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham SalisburyYoung Adult2008
Enthusiasm by Polly ShulmanYoung Adult2008

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