2015 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

Awards List

Grades 3-6

Jake and Lily
(Winner)
Jerry Spinelli

Grades 6-8

Prisoner B-3087
(Winner)
Alan M. Gratz

Grades K-3

Dragons Love Tacos
(Winner)
Adam Rubin

Young Adult

Eleanor & Park
(Winner)
Rainbow Rowell

Grades 3-6

Jake and Lily
(Nominee)
Jerry Spinelli

The Dragonet Prophecy
(Nominee)
Tui T. Sutherland

The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck
(Nominee)
Emily Fairlie

The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
(Nominee)
Chris Kurtz

The Price of Freedom
(Nominee)
Dennis Brindell Fradin

Gone Fishing
(Nominee)
Tamera Will Wissinger

Doll Bones
(Nominee)
Holly Black

The Truth of Me
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year
(Nominee)
Bill Harley

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab
(Nominee)
Bob Pflugfelder; Steve Hockensmith

Grades 6-8

One for the Murphys
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Ungifted
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

One Came Home
(Nominee)
Amy Timberlake

Road Trip
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

The Water Castle
(Nominee)
Megan Frazer Blakemore

Force Out
(Nominee)
Tim Green

Prisoner B-3087
(Nominee)
Alan M. Gratz

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Nominee)
Chris Grabenstein

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Ghost Hawk
(Nominee)
Susan Cooper

Wake Up Missing
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

Grades K-3

Tales for Very Picky Eaters
(Nominee)
Josh Schneider

Chloe
(Nominee)
Peter McCarty

Dragons Love Tacos
(Nominee)
Adam Rubin

Building Our House
(Nominee)
Jonathan Bean

Lucky Ducklings
(Nominee)
Eva Moore

The Dark
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

Like Bug Juice on a Burger
(Nominee)
Julie Sternberg

Bowling Alley Bandit
(Nominee)
Laurie Keller

Papa's Mechanical Fish
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Third-Grade Reading Queen
(Nominee)
Claudia Mills

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Xander's Panda Party
(Nominee)
Linda Sue Park

Young Adult

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
(Nominee)
Holly Black
in The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(Nominee)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Tiger Lily
(Nominee)
Jodi Lynn Anderson

The Madman's Daughter
(Nominee)
Megan Shepherd

Out of The Easy
(Nominee)
Ruta Sepetys

Eleanor & Park
(Nominee)
Rainbow Rowell

If You Find Me
(Nominee)
Emily Murdoch (1)

Rotten
(Nominee)
Michael Northrop

I'm With Stupid
(Nominee)
Geoff Herbach

Reality Boy
(Nominee)
A.S. King

The Living
(Nominee)
Matt De La Pena

The Impossible Knife of Memory
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Award Categories

Grades 3-5

Grades 3-6

Grades 3-8

Grades 6-8

Grades K-3

Young Adult

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