Pennsylvania
Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks
2014-2015
Kindergarten – Grade 3
Bean,
Jonathan. BUILDING
OUR HOUSE
Brown,
Peter. MR. TIGER
GOES WILD
Bryant,
Jennifer. A
SPLASH OF RED : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HORACE
PIPPIN
Fleming,
Candace. PAPA'S
MECHANICAL FISH
Keller,
Laurie. BOWLING
ALLEY BANDIT
McCarthy,
Meghan. DAREDEVIL
: THE DARING LIFE OF BETTY SKELTON
McCarty,
Peter. CHLOE
Mills,
Claudia. KELSEY
GREEN, READING QUEEN
Moore,
Eva. LUCKY
DUCKLINGS
Park,
Linda Sue. XANDER'S
PANDA PARTY
Prelutsky,
Jack. STARDINES
SWIM HIGH ACROSS THE SKY AND OTHER POEMS
Rubin,
Adam. DRAGONS
LOVE TACOS
Schneider,
Josh. TALES
FOR VERY PICKY EATERS
Snicket,
Lemony. THE DARK
Sternberg,
Julie. LIKE
BUG JUICE ON A BURGER
Grades 3-6
Black,
Holly. DOLL BONES
Dicamillo,
Kate. FLORA
& ULYSSES : THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES
Fairlie,
Emily. THE LOST
TREASURE OF TUCKERNUCK
Fradin,
Judith Bloom. THE
PRICE OF FREEDOM : HOW ONE TOWN STOOD UP TO
SLAVERY
Harley,
Bill. CHARLIE
BUMPERS VS. THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Kurtz,
Chris. THE
ADVENTURES OF A SOUTH POLE PIG : A NOVEL OF SNOW
AND COURAGE
Laidlaw,
Rob. NO SHELTER
HERE : MAKING THE WORLD A KINDER PLACE FOR DOGS
MacLachlan,
Patricia. THE
TRUTH OF ME
Moss,
Marissa. BARBED
WIRE BASEBALL
Pflugfelder, Bob.
NICK AND TESLA'S HIGH-VOLTAGE DANGER LAB : A
MYSTREY WITH ELECTROMAGNETS, BURGLAR ALARMS, AND
OTHER GADGETS YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF
Raum, Elizabeth. CAN
YOU SURVIVE STORM CHASING : AN INTERACTIVE
SURVIVAL ADVENTURE
Spinelli, Jerry. JAKE AND LILY
Sutherland,
Tui. THE
DRAGONET PROPHECY
Tavares,
Matt. BECOMING
BABE RUTH
Wissinger,
Tamera. GONE FISHING
: A NOVEL IN VERSE
Grades 6-8
Blakemore,
Megan Frazer. THE
WATER CASTLE
Cooper,
Susan. GHOST
HAWK
Fradin,
Judy. STOLEN
INTO SLAVERY : THE TRUE STORY OF SOLOMON
NORTHRUP
Grabenstein,
Chris. ESCAPE
FROM MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY
Gratz,
Alan. PRISONER
B-3087
Green,
Tim. FORCE OUT
Hayles,
Marsha. BREATHING
ROOM
Hunt, Lynda
Mullaly. ONE FOR THE
MURPHYS
Korman,
Gordon. UNGIFTED
Messner,
Kate. WAKE UP
MISSING
Paulsen,
Gary. ROAD TRIP
Rusch,
Elizabeth. ERUPTION
: VOLCANOES AND THE SCIENCE OF SAVING LIVES
Sloan, Holly
Goldberg. COUNTING
BY 7S
Stout,
Glenn. FROM
HARDSHIPS TO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Timberlake,
Amy. ONE CAME
HOME
Young Adult
Anderson, Jodi
Lynn. TIGER
LILY
Anderson,
Laurie Halse. THE IMPOSSIBLE
KNIFE OF MEMORY
Black, Holly. THE
COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN
de la
Peña, Matt. THE
LIVING
Hartzler,
Aaron. RAPTURE
PRACTICE
Herbach,
Geoff. I'M WITH
STUPID
Hoose, Phillip
M. MOONBIRD :
A YEAR ON THE WIND WITH THE GREAT SURVIVOR B95
King, A.
S. REALITY
BOY
Knisely,
Lucy. RELISH :
MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN
Northrop,
Michael. ROTTEN
Murdoch,
Emily. IF YOU FIND
ME
Rowell,
Rainbow. ELEANOR
& PARK
Sáenz,
Benjamin Alire. ARISTOTLE AND DANTE
DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
Sepetys,
Ruta. OUT
OF THE EASY
Shepherd,
Megan. THE
MADMAN'S DAUGHTER
