State Award Nominees

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

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