Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award2023

Given by Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

59 Works 19,313 Books 757 Reviews 4.2
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 4

WorkCategoryYear
The Eternal Soldier: The True Story of How a Dog Became a Civil War Hero by Allison Crotzer KimmelGrades 3-62023
Ground Zero by Alan GratzGrades 6-82023
Except Antarctica by Todd SturgellGrades K-32023
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyYoung Adult2023

Nominee 59

WorkCategoryYear
The Eternal Soldier: The True Story of How a Dog Became a Civil War Hero by Allison Crotzer KimmelGrades 3-62023
Real by Carol CujecGrades 3-62023
The Great Pet Heist by Emily EctonGrades 3-62023
Unsettled by Reem FaruqiGrades 3-62023
Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. GilesGrades 3-62023
Houdini and Me by Dan GutmanGrades 3-62023
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. HolmGrades 3-62023
Stella by McCall HoyleGrades 3-62023
Allergic by Megan Wagner LloydGrades 3-62023
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight by Margaret MuirheadGrades 3-62023
Rodent Rascals by Roxie MunroGrades 3-62023
Halfway to Harmony by Barbara O'ConnorGrades 3-62023
Simon B. Rhymin' by Dwayne ReedGrades 3-62023
The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan SonnenblickGrades 3-62023
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew SwansonGrades 3-62023
Ground Zero by Alan GratzGrades 6-82023
Class Act by Jerry CraftGrades 6-82023
Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara DeeGrades 6-82023
Starfish by Lisa FippsGrades 6-82023
Wink by Rob HarrellGrades 6-82023
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay HeidickerGrades 6-82023
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K. A. HoltGrades 6-82023
Murder on the Baltimore Express: The Plot to Keep Abraham Lincoln from Becoming President by Suzanne JurmainGrades 6-82023
Linked by Gordon KormanGrades 6-82023
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRoccaGrades 6-82023
Too Bright to See by Kyle LukoffGrades 6-82023
Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem by Kate MessnerGrades 6-82023
Bloom by Kenneth OppelGrades 6-82023
Wild River by Rodman PhilbrickGrades 6-82023
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline WoodsonGrades 6-82023
Except Antarctica by Todd SturgellGrades K-32023
Boys Dance! by John Robert AllmanGrades K-32023
DJ Funkyfoot: Butler for Hire! by Tom AnglebergerGrades K-32023
A Is for Another Rabbit by Hannah BatselGrades K-32023
Aven Green Sleuthing Machine (Volume 1) by Dusti BowlingGrades K-32023
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la PeñaGrades K-32023
After dark : poems about nocturnal animals by David L. HarrisonGrades K-32023
The End of Something Wonderful: A Practical Guide to a Backyard Funeral by Stephanie V.W. LucianovicGrades K-32023
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg MedinaGrades K-32023
Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery by Meeg PincusGrades K-32023
Baloney and Friends by Greg PizzoliGrades K-32023
I Am a Thief! by Abigail RaynerGrades K-32023
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate by Melissa StewartGrades K-32023
Don't Feed the Coos! by Jonathan StutzmanGrades K-32023
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyYoung Adult2023
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy ColbertYoung Adult2023
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie GarberYoung Adult2023
This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. GregorioYoung Adult2023
White Smoke by Tiffany D. JacksonYoung Adult2023
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth LimYoung Adult2023
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoYoung Adult2023
Furia by Yamile Saied MéndezYoung Adult2023
The Magic Fish: A Graphic Novel by Trung Le NguyenYoung Adult2023
Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared ReckYoung Adult2023
Concrete Rose by Angie ThomasYoung Adult2023
Fadeaway by E.B. VickersYoung Adult2023
Super Fake Love Song by David YoonYoung Adult2023
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula YooYoung Adult2023
In the Wild Light by Jeff ZentnerYoung Adult2023

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