Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards 2006

Grades K-3
 
• Ashman, Linda.THE ESSENTIAL WORLDWIDE MONSTER GUIDE
• Ashman, Sarah. HOLLY BLOOM'S GARDEN
• Bottner, Barbara. PISH AND POSH
• Buehner, Caralyn. SUPERDOG : THE HEART OF A HERO
• Carle, Eric. MISTER SEAHORSE
• Cronin, Doreen. DIARY OF A WORM
• Delacre, Lulu. RAFI AND ROSI
• Frank, John. THE TOUGHEST COWBOY, OR, HOW THE WILD WEST WAS TAMED
• Gerstein, Mordicai.  THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS
• Kasza, Keiko.  MY LUCKY DAY
• Long, Melinda. HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
• Meddaugh, Susan. PERFECTLY MARTHA
• Saltzberg, Barney. CRAZY HAIR DAY
• Weeks, Sarah. IF I WERE A LION
• Wheeler, Lisa.  PORCUPINING : A PRICKLY LOVE STORY


Grades 3-6
 

• Blacklock, Dyan. THE ROMAN ARMY : THE LEGENDARY SOLDIERS WHO CREATED AN EMPIRE
• Bode, N. E.  THE ANYBODIES
• Chandra, Deborah. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TEETH 
• Farris, Christine King. MY BROTHER MARTIN : A SISTER REMEMBERS GROWING UP WITH THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
• Gray, Margaret.  THE UGLY PRINCESS AND THE WISE FOOL
• Hannigan, Katherine.  IDA B. : AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER AND (POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD 
• Johnson, Paul Brett.  JACK OUTWITS THE GIANTS
• Lasky, Kathryn.  A VOICE OF HER OWN : THE STORY OF PHYLLIS WHEATLEY, SLAVE POET
• Martin, Ann M.   THE MEANEST DOLL IN THE WORLD
• Miller, Debbie.  THE GREAT SERUM RACE : BLAZING THE IDITAROD TRAIL
• O’Brien, Patrick.  DUEL OF THE IRONCLADS : THE MONITOR VS. THE VIRGINIA
• Prelutsky, Jack.  SCRANIMALS : POEMS
• Van Draanen, Wendelin.  SECRET IDENTITY (SHREDDERMAN #1)
• Washington, Donna L. A PRIDE OF AFRICAN TALES
• Winkler, Henry. DAY OF THE IQUANA


Grades 6-8
 

• Allen, Thomas B.  GEORGE WASHINGTON, SPYMASTER : HOW THE AMERICANS OUTSPIED THE BRITISH AND WON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
• Balliett, Blue. CHASING VERMEER
• Butler, Dori Hillstead. SLIDING INTO HOME
• Collins, Suzanne. GREGOR THE OVERLANDER
• Draper, Sharon.  DOUBLE DUTCH
• Gantos, Jack. WHAT WOULD JOEY DO?
• Hobbs, Will. LEAVING PROTECTION
• Hughes, Pat.  THE BREAKER BOYS
• Morgan, Clay. THE BOY WHO SPOKE DOG
• O’Connor, Barbara.  FAME AND GLORY IN FREEDOM, GEORGIA
• Ritter, John H.  THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL
• Williams, Maiya. THE GOLDEN HOUR
• White, Ruth. TADPOLE
• Woodson, Jacqueline. LOCOMOTION
• Yee, Lisa. MILLICENT MIN : GIRL GENIUS

Young Adult
 
• Brashares, Ann. THE SECOND SUMMER OF THE SISTERHOOD
• Bray, Libba. A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
• De Felice, Cynthia. UNDER THE SAME SKY
• Donnelly, Jennifer. A NORTHERN LIGHT
• Fleischman, Paul.  BREAKOUT
• Glick, Susan. ONE SHOT
• Hautman, Pete. SWEETBLOOD : A VAMPIRE NOVEL
• Hickam, Homer.  THE KEEPER'S SON
• Hosseini, Khaled. THE KITE RUNNER
• Lahiri, Jhumpa.  THE NAMESAKE
• Lawson, Mary. CROW LAKE
• Lowry, Lois.  THE SILENT BOY
• Runyon, Brent.  THE BURN JOURNALS
• Shanower, Eric. A THOUSAND SHIPS (AGE OF BRONZE)

Sones, Sonya. ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS BOOKS WHERE THE MOTHER DIES

 
Other Titles:
Adlington, L. J.  THE DIARY OF PELLY D
Almond, David.  KATE, THE CAT AND THE MOON
Alvarez, Julia.  A GIFT OF GRACIAS : THE LEGEND OF ALTAGRACIA
Barber, Tiki.  GAME DAY
Bunting, Eve.  THAT'S WHAT LEPRECHAUNS DO
Cronin, Doreen.  CLICK, CLACK, QUACKITY-QUACK
Demi. JESUS
Dicamillo, Kate.  THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Doherty, Berlie.  JINNIE GHOST
Durango, Julia.  DREAM HOP
Feiffer, Kate.  DOUBLE PINK
Flatt, Lizann. THE NATURE TREASURY : A FIRST LOOK AT THE NATURAL WORLD
Funston, Sylvia. IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD : A GUIDE TO YOUR BRILLIANT BRAIN
Haas, Irene.  BESS AND BELLA
Harness, Cheryl.  OUR COLONIAL YEAR
Harnick, Sheldon.  SUNRISE, SUNSET
Hesse, Karen.  OUT OF THE DUST
Kelsey, Elin.  STRANGE NEW SPECIES : ASTONISHING DISCOVERIES OF LIFE ON EARTH
Lendler, Ian.  AN UNDONE FAIRY TALE
Lithgow, John. MARSUPIAL SUE PRESENTS THE RUNAWAY PANCAKE
McDonald, Megan.  WHEN THE LIBRARY LIGHTS GO OUT
Prelutsky, Jack.  READ A RHYME, WRITE A RHYME : POEMS
Provensen, Alice. KLONDIKE GOLD
Raschka, Christopher.  NEW YORK IS ENGLISH, CHATTANOOGA IS CREEK
Reed, Lynn Rowe.  THELONIUS TURKEY LIVES! : ON FELICIA FERGUSON'S FARM
Shusterman, Neal.  THE SCHWA WAS HERE    
Simmons, Michael.  FINDING LUBCHENKO
Spinelli, Jerry.  CRASH
Szpirglas, Jeff.  THEY DID WHAT?! : YOUR GUIDE TO WEIRD AND WACKY THINGS PEOPLE DO
Thomas, Keltie.  BLADES, BOARDS & SCOOTERS
Viorst, Judith.  EARRINGS
Wallace, Mary.  I CAN MAKE THAT! : FANTASTIC CRAFTS FOR KIDS
Wilson, Karma.  MORTIMER'S CHRISTMAS MANGER
Wood, Douglas.  THE SECRET OF SAYING THANKS
Yolen, Jane.  THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC
 

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