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October 2013

Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2013-2014

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Barnett, Mac.  CHLOE AND THE LION
Chin, Jason.  ISLAND : A STORY OF THE GALAPAGOS
Falconer, Ian.  OLIVIA AND THE FAIRY PRINCESSES
Florian, Douglas.  DINOTHESAURUS
Going, K. L.  DOG IN CHARGE
Grandits, John.  TEN RULES YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT BREAK IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE THE SCHOOL BUS
Henkes, Kevin. PENNY AND HER DOLL
Joyce, Williiam.  THE FANTASTIC BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
Kirby, Stan.  CAPTAIN AWESOME TO THE RESCUE
McNamara, Margaret.  THE THREE LITTLE ALIENS AND THE BIG BAD ROBOT
Messner, Kate.  MARTY MCGUIRE
Offill, Jenny.  11 EXPERIMENTS THAT FAILED
Pinkwater, Daniel. MRS. NOODLEKUGEL
Reynolds, Aaron.  CREEPY CARROTS
Woodson, Jacqueline.  EACH KINDNESS

Grades 3-6

Airgood, Ellen.  PRAIRIE EVERS
Angleberger,Tom.  FAKE MUSTACHE, OR, HOW JODIE O'RODEO AND HER WONDER HORSE (AND SOME NERDY KID) SAVED THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM A MAD GENIUS CRIMINAL MASTERMIND
Applegate, Katherine.  THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
Fishman, Cathy Goldberg.  WHEN JACKIE MET HANK
Hatke, Ben.  ZITA THE SPACEGIRL
Healy, Christopher.  THE HERO'S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM
Horvath, Polly.  MR. AND MRS. BUNNY - DETECTIVES EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Kerley, Barbara.  THOSE REBELS, JOHN AND TOM
Lunge-Larsen, Lise.  GIFTS FROM THE GODS : ANCIENT WORDS AND WISDOM FROM GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
Nivola, Claire A.  LIFE IN THE OCEAN : THE STORY OF OCEANOGRAPHER SYLVIA EARLE
Scattergood, Augusta.  GLORY BE
Singer, Marilyn.   MIRROR, MIRROR : A BOOK OF REVERSIBLE VERSE
Stout, Glenn.  SOLDIER ATHLETES
Turnage, Shelia.  THREE TIMES LUCKY
Weeks, Sarah.  PIE

Grades 6-8

Barrow, Randi.  SAVING ZASHA
Bowen, Fred.  REAL HOOPS
Gantos, Jack.  DEAD END IN NORVELT
Hiaasen, Carl.   CHOMP
Hopkinson, Deborah.  TITANIC : VOICES FROM THE DISASTER
Johnson, Peter.  THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH, JR.; AKA HOUDINI
Lai, Thanhha.  INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN
Levine, Kristin.  LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK
McMann, Lisa.  THE UNWANTEDS
Messner, Kate.  CAPTURE THE FLAG
Nielson, Jennifer A.  FALSE PRINCE
Scott, Elaine.  BURIED ALIVE : HOW 33 MINERS SURVIVED 69 DAYS DEEP UNDER THE CHILEAN DESERT
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence.  NERD GIRLS : THE RISE OF THE DORKASAURUS
TenNapel, Doug.  CARDBOARD

Young Adult

Bardugo, Leigh.  SHADOW AND BONE
Bodeen, S. A.  THE RAFT
Bruchac, Joseph.  WOLF MARK
Calame, Don.  CALL THE SHOTS
Fine, Chelsea.  SOPHIE AND CARTER
Hillenbrand, Laura.  UNBROKEN : A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION
Kokie, E. M.  PERSONAL EFFECTS
Laban, Elizabeth.  THE TRAGEDY PAPER
Levithan, David.   EVERY DAY
Meyer, Marissa.  CINDER
Mullen, Mike. ASHFALL
Riggs, Ransom.  MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
Schrefer, Eliot.  ENDANGERED
Volponi, Paul.  THE FINAL FOUR
Warman, Jessica.   BETWEEN


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