Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2017

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Andrews, Troy.  TROMBONE SHORTY
Barton, Brittany.  I'M TRYING TO LOVE SPIDERS : IT ISN'T EASY
Dutcher, Jim.  A FRIEND FOR LAKOTA : THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF A WOLF WO BRAVED BULLYING
Himmelman, John. TALES OF BUNJITSU BUNNY
Petty, Dev.  I DON'T WANT TO BE A FROG
Regan, Dian Curtis.  SPACE BOY AND HIS DOG
Rocco, John.  BLIZZARD
Sarcone-Roach, Julia.  THE BEAR ATE YOUR SANDWICH
Sayre, April Pulley.  RAINDROPS ROLL
Shea, Bob.  BALLET CAT : THE TOTALLY SECRET SECRET
Sis, Peter.  ICE CREAM SUMMER
Willems, Mo. THE STORY OF DIVA AND FLEA
Winick, Judd. THE BOY WHO CRASHED TO EARTH : HILO, BOOK 1

Grades 3-6

Barnett, Mac.  THE TERRIBLE TWO
Beasley, Cassie.  CIRCUS MIRANDUS
DeFelice, Cynthia.  FORT
Draper, Sharon.  STELLA BY STARLIGHT
Holm, Jennifer L.  SUNNY SIDE UP
Holub, Joan.  ZEUS AND THE THUNDERBOLT OF DOOM
Lloyd, Natalie.  A SNICKER OF MAGIC
Primavera, Elise.  MS. RAPSCOTT'S GIRLS
Rosenstock, Barb. BEN FRANKLIN'S BIG SPLASH : THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF HIS FIRST INVENTION
Roy, Katherine.  NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKS : HUNTING WITH THE GREAT WHITES OF CALIFORNIA'S FARALLON ISLANDS
Tonatiun, Duncan.  FUNNY BONES : POSADA AND HIS DAY OF THE DEAD CALAVERAS
Van Vleet, Carmella.  ELIZA BING IS (NOT) A BIG, FAT QUITTER
Vernon, Ursula. HARRIET THE INVINCIBLE
Weeks, Sarah.  HONEY

Grades 6-8

Anders, Lou.  FROSTBORN
Chambliss Bertman, Jennifer.  BOOK SCAVENGER
Cameron, W. Bruce.  ELLIE'S STORY : A DOG'S PURPOSE NOVEL
Eddleman, Peggy.  SKY JUMPERS
Gibbs, Stuart.  POACHED
Greenwald, Lisa.  DOG BEACH UNLEASHED
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.  FISH IN A TREE
Johnson, Rebecca L.  CHERNOBYL'S WILD KINGDOM : LIFE IN THE DEAD ZONE
Lerangis, Peter.  THE COLOSSUS RISES
Lovejoy, Sharon.  RUNNING OUT OF NIGHT
Lundquist, Jenny.  THE PRINCESS IN THE OPAL MASK
Lupica, Mike.  THE ONLY GAME
Nelson, S. D.  SITTING BULL : LAKOTA WARRIOR AND DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE
Preus, Margi. THE BAMBOO SWORD

Young Adult

Albertalli, Becky.  SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA
Bardugo, Leigh.  SIX OF CROWS
Brown, Daniel. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT : NINE AMERICANS AND THEIR EPIC QUEST FOR GOLD AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS
Brown, Don.  DROWNED CITY
Buckley, Michael. UNDERTOW
Foley, Jessie Ann.  THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY
Gratz, Alan. CODE OF HONOR
Kells, Claire. GIRL UNDERWATER
Reynolds, Jason.  ALL AMERICAN BOYS
Rubin, Lance.  DENTON LITTLE'S DEATHDATE
Salerni, Dianne K.  THE CAGED GRAVES
Schmidt, Tiffany.  HOLD ME LIKE A BREATH

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