Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2018

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Corey, Shana.  THE SECRET SUBWAY
Fogliano, Julie.  WHEN GREEN BECOMES TOMATOES
Green, John Patrick. HIPPOPOTAMISTER
Haynes, Richard. SLINGSHOT AND BURP
Higgins, Ryan.  MOTHER BRUCE
Kennedy, Anne. RAGWEED'S FARM DOG HANDBOOK
Kleber, Dori.  MORE-IGAMI
Macy, Sue. MISS MARY REPORTING
McCloskey, Kevin.  WE DIG WORMS!
Miller, Pat. THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT
O’Neal, Shaquille. LITTLE SHAQ
Rockliff, Mara. ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY ADDIE
Schnell, Lisa Kahn.  HIGH TIDE FOR HORSESHOE CRABS
Torrey, Rich. MY DOG, BOB
Urban, Linda.  WEEKENDS WITH MAX AND HIS DAD

Grades 3-6

Anderson, John David. MS. BIXBY'S LAST DAY
Barton, Chris. WHOOSH! : LONNIE JOHNSON'S SUPER-SOAKING STREAM OF INVENTIONS
Beasley, Kate.  GERTIE'S LEAP TO GREATNESS
Beatty, Robert.  SERAFINA AND THE BLACK CLOAK
Bodeen, S. A. SHIPWRECK ISLAND
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.  THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE
Pennypacker, Sara.  PAX
Polacco, Patricia. TUCKY JO AND THE LITTLE HEART
Robinson, Sharon.  THE HERO TWO DOORS DOWN
Rosenstock, Barb.  DOROTHEA'S EYES : DOROTHEA LANGE PHOTOGRAPHS THE TRUST
Sachar, Louis.  FUZZY MUD
Sepahban, Lois.  PAPER WISHES
Shovan, Laura.  THE LAST FIFTH GRADE OF EMERSON ELEMENTARY
Telgemeier, Raina.  GHOSTS
Weeks, Sarah.  SAVE ME A SEAT

Grades 6-8

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem. SASQUATCH IN THE PAINT
Bauer, Joan.  SOAR
Chmakova, Svetlana. AWKWARD
Choldenko, Gennifer.  CHASING SECRETS
Collier, Peter.  CHOOSING COURAGE : INSPIRING STORIES OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HERO
Columbus, Chris.  HOUSE OF SECRETS
Hoose, Philip.  THE BOYS WHO CHALLENGED HITLER
Jarrow, Gail. BUBONIC PANIC : WHEN PLAGUE INVADED AMERICA
Jones, Harmony. GIRL VS. BOY BAND
Korman, Gordon. SLACKER
Pearsall, Shelley.  THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING
Ryan, Pam Munoz.  ECHO
Thomson, Sarah L.  DEADLY FLOWERS : A NINJA'S TALE
Unsworth, Tania.  THE ONE SAFE PLACE
Wolk, Lauren.  WOLF HOLLOW

 Young Adult

Crowder, Melanie. AUDACITY
Derf.  TRASHED
Federle, Tim. THE GREAT AMERICAN WHATEVER
Johnston, E. K.  EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR
King, A. S.  STILL LIFE WITH TORNADO
Lewis, John.  MARCH. BOOK THREE
McGee, Katharine. THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR
Medina, Meg. BURN BABY BURN
Meyer, Marissa.  HEARTLESS
Noah, Trevor.  BORN A CRIME
Sepetys, Ruta.  SALT TO THE SEA
Shusterman, Neal. SCYTHE
Thomas, Kara.  THE DARKEST CORNERS
Yoon, Nicola.  THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR

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