Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Grades 6-8

Awards List

2016

Dogs of War
(Nominee)
Sheila Keenan; Nathan Fox

One Came Home
(Nominee)
Amy Timberlake

Athlete vs. Mathlete
(Nominee)
W.C. Mack

Zero Tolerance
(Nominee)
Claudia Mills

The Heartbreak Messenger
(Nominee)
Alexander Vance

Sylo
(Nominee)
D.J. MacHale

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Darkest Path
(Nominee)
Jeff Hirsch

Jack Strong Takes a Stand
(Nominee)
Tommy Greenwald

QB 1
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Wake Up Missing
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

2015

The False Prince
(Winner)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Eye of the Storm
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

The False Prince
(Nominee)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Anyway*
(Nominee)
Arthur Salm

One for the Murphys
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Small Medium at Large
(Nominee)
Joanne Levy

Cardboard
(Nominee)
Doug TenNapel

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

Buddy
(Nominee)
M.H. Herlong

Buddy
(Honor Book)
M.H. Herlong

The Last Dragonslayer
(Nominee)
Jasper Fforde

2014

The Prisoner of Cell 25
(Winner)
Richard Paul Evans

The Running Dream
(Honor Book)
Wendelin Van Draanen

The Fourth Stall
(Nominee)
Chris Rylander

A World Without Heroes
(Nominee)
Brandon Mull

Hidden
(Nominee)
Helen Frost

Wild Life
(Nominee)
Cynthia DeFelice

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading
(Nominee)
Tommy Greenwald

Silhouetted by the Blue
(Nominee)
Traci L. Jones

How to Rock Braces and Glasses
(Nominee)
Meg Haston

Quarterback Season
(Nominee)
Fred Bowen

Wonderstruck
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

Variant
(Nominee)
Robison Wells

2013

Smile
(Winner)
Raina Telgemeier

Escape from Shadow Island
(Nominee)
Paul Adam

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

How to Survive Middle School
(Nominee)
Donna Gephart

Little Blog on the Prairie
(Nominee)
Cathleen Davitt Bell

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
(Nominee)
John Grisham

Hide and Seek
(Nominee)
Katy Grant

Ninth Ward
(Nominee)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Call
(Nominee)
Michael Grant

The Dead Boys
(Nominee)
Royce Buckingham

The Limit
(Honor Book)
Kristen Landon

2012

11 Birthdays
(Winner)
Wendy Mass

Malice
(Nominee)
Chris Wooding

Wings
(Nominee)
Jason Lethcoe

Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival
(Nominee)
Arthur Slade

Dying to Meet You
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

Invisible I
(Nominee)
Melissa Kantor

A Truth Worth Tellin'
(Nominee)
Toni Teepell; Fresh Fruit

2011

Found
(Winner)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
(Nominee)
James Patterson; Michael Ledwidge

Stolen
(Nominee)
Vivian Vande Velde

Boys Are Dogs
(Honor Book)
Leslie Margolis

The Last Council
(Nominee)
Kazu Kibuishi

2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
(Winner)
Jeff Kinney

Dragon Slippers
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

Gabriel's Horses
(Nominee)
Alison Hart

Kimchi & Calamari
(Nominee)
Rose Kent

Peak
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

Deep and Dark and Dangerous
(Honor Book)
Mary Downing Hahn

Elijah of Buxton
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fire From the Rock
(Nominee)
Sharon M. Draper

Schooled
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Chaos Code
(Nominee)
Justin Richards

Diamonds in the Shadow
(Nominee)
Caroline B. Cooney

Cracker!
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

2009

Crossing the Wire
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Heat
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Shug
(Nominee)
Jenny Han

Inside the Shadow City
(Nominee)
Kirsten Miller

The Runaway Princess
(Nominee)
Kate Coombs

2008

The Lightning Thief
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Blood Red Horse
(Nominee)
K.M. Grant

Stumptown Kid
(Nominee)
Author Unknown

Flush
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

Jazz ABZ.
(Nominee)
Wynton Marsalis

Double Identity
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

2007

So B. It
(Winner)
Sarah Weeks

Al Capone Does My Shirts
(Nominee)
Gennifer Choldenko

Airborn
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

Dragon Rider
(Honor Book)
Cornelia Funke

The Sea of Trolls
(Nominee)
Nancy Farmer

2006

Skeleton Key
(Winner)
Anthony Horowitz

The Boy Who Saved Baseball
(Honor Book)
John H. Ritter

2005

Coraline
(Winner)
Neil Gaiman

Award Categories

Grades 3-5

Grades 6-8

Young Readers

Award Years

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