Sunshine State Young Reader's Award2012

Given by Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME)

29 Works / 30 Items 30,110 Books 1,604 Reviews 4.0
Sunshine State Young Readers Award

The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School show more Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for personal satisfaction, based on interest rather than reading level. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. Students are encouraged to read books that are above, on, and below their tested reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (54), Runner-Up (2), Second Runner-Up (2), Nominee (1,015)
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Years:
All, 2024 (30), 2023 (30), 2022 (30), 2021 (29), 2020 (31), 2019 (30), 2018 (30), 2017 (30), 2016 (30), 2015 (30), 2014 (30), 2013 (30), 2012 (30), 2011 (29), 2010 (30), 2009 (29), 2008 (26), 2007 (25), 2006 (25), 2005 (25), 2004 (25), 2003 (25), 2002 (25), 2001 (25), 2000 (24), 1999 (25), 1998 (25), 1997 (25), 1996 (25), 1995 (25), 1994 (25), 1993 (26), 1992 (24), 1991 (20), 1990 (20), 1989 (19), 1988 (20), 1987 (21), 1986 (20), 1985 (20), 1984 (20)

Winner 2

WorkCategoryYear
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperGrades 3-52012
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperGrades 6-82012

Nominee 30

WorkCategoryYear
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperGrades 3-52012
The 100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy BarrettGrades 3-52012
The Magic Half by Annie BarrowsGrades 3-52012
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael BuckleyGrades 3-52012
Extra Credit by Andrew ClementsGrades 3-52012
Umbrella Summer by Lisa GraffGrades 3-52012
The Secret of Zoom by Lynne JonellGrades 3-52012
Dying to Meet You by Kate KliseGrades 3-52012
Flight of the Phoenix (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book I) by R. L. LaFeversGrades 3-52012
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace LinGrades 3-52012
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore LookGrades 3-52012
How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia MillsGrades 3-52012
Captain Nobody by Dean PitchfordGrades 3-52012
Dragon's Egg by Sarah L. ThomsonGrades 3-52012
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa YeeGrades 3-52012
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperGrades 6-82012
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom AnglebergerGrades 6-82012
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna BaggottGrades 6-82012
Flawed Dogs by Berkeley BreathedGrades 6-82012
Dark Life by Kat FallsGrades 6-82012
Scat by Carl HiaasenGrades 6-82012
Alibi Junior High by Greg LogstedGrades 6-82012
Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn NelsonGrades 6-82012
The Day of the Pelican by Katherine PatersonGrades 6-82012
Woods Runner by Gary PaulsenGrades 6-82012
Bystander by James PrellerGrades 6-82012
Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon SandersonGrades 6-82012
Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival by Arthur SladeGrades 6-82012
Killer Pizza by Greg TaylorGrades 6-82012
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline WoodsonGrades 6-82012

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Sunshine State Young Readers Award

The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for personal satisfaction, based on interest rather than reading level. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. Students are encouraged to read books that are above, on, and below their tested reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. (English, Member-written)
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The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for personal satisfaction, based on interest rather than reading level. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. Students are encouraged to read books that are above, on, and below their tested reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. (English, Member-written)

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