Young Reader's Choice Award - Junior/Grades 4-6

Awards List

2016

The Colossus Rises
(Nominee)
Peter Lerangis

Never Say Die
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar
(Nominee)
James Patterson; Chris Tebbetts

Loki's Wolves
(Nominee)
K.L. Armstrong; M.A. Marr

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

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

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

The Creature Department
(Nominee)
Robert Paul Weston

2015

Wonder
(Winner)
R.J. Palacio

The One and Only Ivan
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

Wonder
(Nominee)
R.J. Palacio

Chomp
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

Fairest of All
(Nominee)
Sarah Mlynowski

Three Times Lucky
(Nominee)
Sheila Turnage

Ungifted
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Starry River of the Sky
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

Who Could That Be at This Hour?
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

2014

Cabin Fever
(Winner)
Jeff Kinney

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
(Nominee)
James Patterson; Chris Tebbetts

Darth Paper Strikes Back
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

The Medusa Plot
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

13 Gifts
(Nominee)
Wendy Mass

The Last Council
(Nominee)
Kazu Kibuishi

Wonderstruck
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

2013

The Lost Hero
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Lone Wolf
(Nominee)
Kathryn Lasky

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
(Nominee)
Lincoln Peirce

The Mysterious Howling
(Nominee)
Maryrose Wood

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
(Nominee)
John Grisham

2012

11 Birthdays
(Winner)
Wendy Mass

Scat
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

When the Cherry Blossoms Fell
(Nominee)
Jennifer Maruno

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Kelly

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

Happenstance Found
(Nominee)
P.W. Catanese

2011

Dog Lost
(Nominee)
Ingrid Lee

Found
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Savvy
(Nominee)
Ingrid Law

The Maze of Bones
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
(Winner)
Jeff Kinney

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

The Mysterious Benedict Society
(Nominee)
Trenton Lee Stewart

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Elijah of Buxton
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

2009

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

The Homework Machine
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Gossamer
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Room One
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

To Dance
(Nominee)
Siena Cherson Siegel

The Higher Power of Lucky
(Nominee)
Susan Patron

2008

The Scarecrow and His Servant
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

Double Identity
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Princess Academy
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

2007

Chasing Vermeer
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

Ida B
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

2006

The Tale of Despereaux
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

Kensuke's Kingdom
(Nominee)
Michael Morpurgo
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Olive's Ocean
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

2005

Saffy's Angel
(Nominee)
Hilary McKay
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Coraline
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

Runt
(Second Place)
Marion Dane Bauer

Hoot
(Third Place)
Carl Hiaasen

2004

Dial-a-Ghost
(Nominee)
Eva Ibbotson

The School Story
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Love That Dog
(Nominee)
Sharon Creech

Award Categories

Children's

Grades 10-12

Grades 4-6

Grades 4-8

Grades 7-9

Grades 9-12

Intermediate/Grades 7-9

Junior/Grades 4-6

Senior/Grades 10-12

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