Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards 2009-2010
Grades K-3 Broach, Elise. WHEN DINOSAURS CAME WITH EVERYTHING Deedy, Carmen Agra. MARTINA : THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACH Frazee, Marla. A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER Harrington, Janice N. THE CHICKEN-CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR Hatkoff, Juliana. KNUT : HOW ONE LITTLE POLAR BEAR CAPTIVATED THE WORLD Holm, Jennifer L. BABYMOUSE 1 : QUEEN OF THE WORLD! Katz, Susan. OH, THEODORE! : GUINEA PIG POEMS Keller, Holly. HELP : A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP Kerby, Mona. OWNEY : THE MAIL POUCH POOCH Rylant, Cynthia. ANNIE AND SNOWBALL AND THE DRESS-UP BIRTHDAY Samuels, Barbara. DOLORES MEETS HER MATCH Sayre, April Pulley. VULTURE VIEW Swain, Gwenyth. RIDING TO WASHINGTON Watt, Melanie. SCAREDY SQUIRREL Willems, Mo. THERE IS A BIRD ON YOUR HEAD Grades 3-6 Barber, Tiki. KICKOFF! Berlin, Eric. THE PUZZLING WORLD OF WINSTON BREEN Clements, Andrew. ROOM ONE : A MYSTERY OR TWO Cook, Sally. HEY BATTA BATTA SWING! Crowe, Ellie. SURFER OF THE CENTURY : THE LIFE OF DUKE KAHANAMOKU Feldman, Jody. THE GOLLYWHOPPER GAMES Fleming, Candace. THE FABLED FOURTH GRADERS OF AESOP ELEMENTARY Harper, Charise Mericle. JUST GRACE Jenkins, Steve. SISTERS & BROTHERS Jonnell, Lynne. EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT Levine, Ellen. HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX Lin, Grace. THE YEAR OF THE RAT Matthews, Elizabeth. DIFFERENT LIKE COCO O’Malley, Kevin. GIMME CRACKED CORN AND I WILL SHARE Grades 6-8 Anderson, Laurie Halse. CHAINS Avi. SEER OF SHADOWS Carey, Janet Lee. DRAGON'S KEEP Cooney, Caroline B. DIAMONDS IN THE SHADOW Fleischman, Sid. ESCAPE! : THE STORY OF THE GREAT HOUDINI Haddix, Margaret Peterson. FOUND Korman, Gordon. SCHOOLED Nelson, Kadir. WE ARE THE SHIP : THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL Preller, James. SIX INNINGS Rumford, James. BEOWULF : A HERO'S TALE RETOLD Sanderson, Brandon. ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIAN Scieszka, Jon. KNUCKLEHEAD Sonnenblick, Jordan. NOTES FROM A MIDNIGHT DRIVER Welvaert, Scott R. THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO Wood, Don. INTO THE VOLCANO : A GRAPHIC NOVEL Young Adult Alexie, Sherman. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN Collins, Suzanne. HUNGER GAMES Crutcher, Chris. DEADLINE Green, John. PAPER TOWNS Korman, Gordon. JUVIE THREE Kyle, Aryn. THE GOD OF ANIMALS Lockhart, E. THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS Myers, Walter Dean. SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH Nelson, Blake. THEY CAME FROM BELOW Pearson, Jenna. THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX Pink, Daniel H. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY BUNKO : THE LAST CAREER GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED Shusterman, Neal. UNWIND Swanson, James L. CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER Walls, Jeannette. THE GLASS CASTLE Westerfeld, Scott. UGLIES Rhode Island Book Award Nominees 2009-2010 Books recommended for middle school Becker, Tom. DARKSIDE Connor, Leslie. WAITING FOR NORMAL Korman, Gordon. SCHOOLED Sheth, Kashmira. KEEPING CORNER
Broach, Elise. WHEN DINOSAURS CAME WITH EVERYTHING Deedy, Carmen Agra. MARTINA : THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACH Frazee, Marla. A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER Harrington, Janice N. THE CHICKEN-CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR Hatkoff, Juliana. KNUT : HOW ONE LITTLE POLAR BEAR CAPTIVATED THE WORLD Holm, Jennifer L. BABYMOUSE 1 : QUEEN OF THE WORLD! Katz, Susan. OH, THEODORE! : GUINEA PIG POEMS Keller, Holly. HELP : A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP Kerby, Mona. OWNEY : THE MAIL POUCH POOCH Rylant, Cynthia. ANNIE AND SNOWBALL AND THE DRESS-UP BIRTHDAY Samuels, Barbara. DOLORES MEETS HER MATCH Sayre, April Pulley. VULTURE VIEW Swain, Gwenyth. RIDING TO WASHINGTON Watt, Melanie. SCAREDY SQUIRREL Willems, Mo. THERE IS A BIRD ON YOUR HEAD
Grades 3-6
Barber, Tiki. KICKOFF! Berlin, Eric. THE PUZZLING WORLD OF WINSTON BREEN Clements, Andrew. ROOM ONE : A MYSTERY OR TWO Cook, Sally. HEY BATTA BATTA SWING! Crowe, Ellie. SURFER OF THE CENTURY : THE LIFE OF DUKE KAHANAMOKU Feldman, Jody. THE GOLLYWHOPPER GAMES Fleming, Candace. THE FABLED FOURTH GRADERS OF AESOP ELEMENTARY Harper, Charise Mericle. JUST GRACE Jenkins, Steve. SISTERS & BROTHERS Jonnell, Lynne. EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT Levine, Ellen. HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX Lin, Grace. THE YEAR OF THE RAT Matthews, Elizabeth. DIFFERENT LIKE COCO O’Malley, Kevin. GIMME CRACKED CORN AND I WILL SHARE
Grades 6-8
Anderson, Laurie Halse. CHAINS Avi. SEER OF SHADOWS Carey, Janet Lee. DRAGON'S KEEP Cooney, Caroline B. DIAMONDS IN THE SHADOW Fleischman, Sid. ESCAPE! : THE STORY OF THE GREAT HOUDINI Haddix, Margaret Peterson. FOUND Korman, Gordon. SCHOOLED Nelson, Kadir. WE ARE THE SHIP : THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL Preller, James. SIX INNINGS Rumford, James. BEOWULF : A HERO'S TALE RETOLD Sanderson, Brandon. ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIAN Scieszka, Jon. KNUCKLEHEAD Sonnenblick, Jordan. NOTES FROM A MIDNIGHT DRIVER Welvaert, Scott R. THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO Wood, Don. INTO THE VOLCANO : A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Young Adult
Alexie, Sherman. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN Collins, Suzanne. HUNGER GAMES Crutcher, Chris. DEADLINE Green, John. PAPER TOWNS Korman, Gordon. JUVIE THREE Kyle, Aryn. THE GOD OF ANIMALS Lockhart, E. THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS Myers, Walter Dean. SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH Nelson, Blake. THEY CAME FROM BELOW Pearson, Jenna. THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX Pink, Daniel H. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY BUNKO : THE LAST CAREER GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED Shusterman, Neal. UNWIND Swanson, James L. CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER Walls, Jeannette. THE GLASS CASTLE Westerfeld, Scott. UGLIES
Rhode Island Book Award Nominees 2009-2010
Books recommended for middle school Becker, Tom. DARKSIDE Connor, Leslie. WAITING FOR NORMAL Korman, Gordon. SCHOOLED Sheth, Kashmira. KEEPING CORNER
Becker, Tom. DARKSIDE Connor, Leslie. WAITING FOR NORMAL Korman, Gordon. SCHOOLED Sheth, Kashmira. KEEPING CORNER
Books recommended for all teens Bradbury, Jennifer. SHIFT Collins, Suzanne. HUNGER GAMES Galante, Cecilia. THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES Hegamin, Tonya. PEMBA'S SONG : A GHOST STORY Lockhart, E. THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS Pearson, Mary E. THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX Shusterman, Neal. UNWIND Books recommended for high school Ayarbe, Heidi. FREEZE FRAME Benway, Robin. AUDREY, WAIT! Dowd, Siobhan. BOG CHILD Fletcher, Christine. TEN CENTS A DANCE Goldman, Steven. TWO PARTIES, ONE TUX, AND A VERY SHORT FILM ABOUT THE GRAPES OF WRATH Green, John. PAPER TOWNS Hooper, Mary. NEWS FROM THE DEAD Kluger, Steve. MY MOST EXCELLENT YEAR Nanji, Shenaaz. CHILD OF DANDELIONS Plum Ucci, Carol. STREAMS OF BABEL Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. THREE LITTLE WORDS : A MEMOIR
Bradbury, Jennifer. SHIFT Collins, Suzanne. HUNGER GAMES Galante, Cecilia. THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES Hegamin, Tonya. PEMBA'S SONG : A GHOST STORY Lockhart, E. THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS Pearson, Mary E. THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX Shusterman, Neal. UNWIND
Books recommended for high school
Ayarbe, Heidi. FREEZE FRAME Benway, Robin. AUDREY, WAIT! Dowd, Siobhan. BOG CHILD Fletcher, Christine. TEN CENTS A DANCE Goldman, Steven. TWO PARTIES, ONE TUX, AND A VERY SHORT FILM ABOUT THE GRAPES OF WRATH Green, John. PAPER TOWNS Hooper, Mary. NEWS FROM THE DEAD Kluger, Steve. MY MOST EXCELLENT YEAR Nanji, Shenaaz. CHILD OF DANDELIONS Plum Ucci, Carol. STREAMS OF BABEL Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. THREE LITTLE WORDS : A MEMOIR
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