Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2021

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Bell, Cece  SMELL MY FOOT!
Bernstein, Ariel.  100 FRIENDS
Blakemore, Megan Frazer. FRANKIE SPARKS AND THE CLASS PET
Burach, Ross. THE VERY IMPATIENT CATERPILLAR
Cummings, Troy.  CAN I BE YOUR DOG   
Guidroz, Rukhsanna. LEILA IN SAFFRON
Keller, Laurie. POTATO PANTS!
McAnulty, Stacy.  SUN : ONE IN A BILLION
Quintero, Isabel. MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE
Rockliff, Mara. BILLIE JEAN! : HOW TENNIS STAR BILLIE JEAN KING CHANGED WOMEN'S SPORTS
Ruzzier, Sergio. THE PARTY AND OTHER STORIES
Savage, Stephen. SIGN OFF
Slade, Suzanne. DARING DOZEN : THE TWELVE WHO WALKED ON THE MOON
Slade, Suzzane. A COMPUTER CALLED KATHERINE
Tuttle, Sarah Grace. HIDDEN CITY : POEMS OF URBAN WILDLIFE

Grades 3-6

Aronson, Sarah. JUST LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.  FINDING LANGSTON
Draper, Sharon. BLENDED   
Elliott, Zetta. DRAGONS IN A BAG
Gemeinhart, Dan. THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF COYOTE SUNRISE
Hale, Shannon.  BEST FRIENDS
Janowitz, Jessie. THE DOUGHNUT FIX
Lord, Cynthia. BECAUSE OF THE RABBIT
Mackler, Carolyn.  NOT IF I CAN HELP IT
Magoon, Kekla. THE SEASON  OF STYX MALONE
McCarthy, Meghan.  ALL THAT TRASH : THE STORY OF THE 1987 GARBAGE BARGE AND OUR PROBLEM WITH STUFF
Miller, Kayla. CLICK. 1
Selfors, Suzanne. WEDGIR & GIZMO. 1
Stone, Tanya Lee.  PASS GO AND COLLECT $200
Yang, Kelly. FRONT DESK


 Grades 6-8
Aronson, Marc. RISING WATER : THE STORY OF THE THAI CAVE RESCUE
Boyce, Jo Ann Allen.  THIS PROMISE OF CHANGE : ONE GIRL'S STORY IN THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
Cartaya, Pablo. THE EPIC FAIL OF ARTURO ZAMORA
Carter, Ally.  NOT IF I SAVE YOU FIRST
Cole, Frank. POTION MASTERS : THE ETERNITY ELIXIR
Craft, Jerry. NEW KID
Cruz, Marie Miranda. EVERLASTING NORA
Greenwald, Tommy.  GAME CHANGER
Hiranandani, Veera.  THE NIGHT DIARY
McAnulty, Stacy.  THE MISCALCULATIONS OF LIGHTNING GIRL
Morris, Chad. SQUINT
Oh, Ellen.  SPIRIT HUNTERS
Older, Daniel Jose. DACTYL HILL SQUAD : BOOK ONE
Rhodes, Jewell Parker.  GHOST BOYS
Terry, Ellie. FORGET ME NOT


Young Adult

Acevedo, Elizabeth.  WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH
Ahmed, Samira. INTERNMENT
Anderson, Laurie Halse. SHOUT : A POETRY MEMOIR
Berry, Julie. LOVELY WAR
Biren, Sara. COLD DAY IN THE SUN
Hutchinson, Shaun David.  BRAVE FACE : A MEMOIR
Jackson, Tiffany D. LET ME HEAR A RHYME
Kester,  Eric.  GUT CHECK
Liggett, Kim. THE GRACE YEAR
Ribay, Randy.  PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING
Rubin, Lance. CRYING LAUGHING
Ruby, Laura. THIRTEEN DOORWAYS, WOLVES BEHIND THEM ALL
Takei, George. THEY CALLED US ENEMY
Thomas, Angie.  ON THE COME UP
Yoon, David. FRANKLY IN LOVE. 01

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