Book Lists
YOUNG READER’S CHOICE AWARD
The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice
Award was established in 1940 to promote reading for enjoyment.
Children and young adults of Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia,
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington select the winners from
nominees submitted by librarians, teachers, students and others.
Books must be published within the previous 3 years to be eligible.
The Junior Division (formerly "Youth Division") goes
to a book for grades 4-6. The Intermediate Division: grades
7-9. Senior Division: grades 9-12.
2009
Junior Division: Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
Intermediate Division: Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Senior Divison: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
2008
Junior Division - A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray by Ann Martin
Intermediate Division - Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Senior Division - Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson
2007
Junior: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Intermediate - Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Senior - Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
2006
Junior: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Intermediate: Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Senior: Fat Kid Rules the World - K. L. Going
2005
Junior: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Intermediate: Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
Senior: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2004
Junior: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Intermediate: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Senior: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
2003
Junior: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Intermediate: No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Senior: Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
2002
Junior: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Intermediate: Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
Senior: Rewind by William Sleator
2001
Youth: Holes by Louis Sachar
Senior: The Boxes by William Sleator
2000
Youth: A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith
Senior: The Taking of Room 114 by Mel Glenn
1999
Youth: Frindle by Andrew Clements
Senior: SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting
1998
Youth: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
Senior: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1997
Youth: Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting
Senior: Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney
1996
Youth: The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Senior: The Giver by Lois Lowry
1995
Youth: Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret
Senior: Who Killed My Daughter? by Lois Duncan
1994 Youth: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Senior: Wolf by the Ears by Ann Rinaldi
1993 Youth: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Senior: The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
1992 Youth: Danger in Quicksand Swamp by Bill Wallace
Senior: Eva by Peter Dickinson
1991 Youth: Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin
Senior: Sex Education by Jenny Davis
1990 There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
1989 Wait Till Helen Comes A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
1988 Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements
1987 The War With Grandpa by Robert Smith
1986 The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
1985 Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson
1984 Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
1983 Superfudge by Judy Blume
1982 Bunnicula A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah and James
Howe
1981 Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford
1980 Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
1979 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Call by Mildred Taylor
1978 The Great Brain Does It Again by John D. Fitzgerald
1977 Blubber by Judy Blume
1976 The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald
1975 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
1974 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
1973 No Award
1972 Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace by Donald J. Sobol
1971 Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
1970 Smoke by William Corbin
1969 Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson
1968 The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
1967 Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming
1966 Rascal by Sterling North
1965 John F. Kennedy and PT-109 by Richard Tregaskis
1964 The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
1963 Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor by Jay Williams
1962 The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart Holbrook
1961 Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams
1960 Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary
1959 Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
1958 Golden Mare by William Corbin
1957 Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
1956 Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor
1955 No Award
1954 No Award
1953 No Award
1952 Sea Star by Marguerite Henry
1951 King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1950 McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss
1949 Cowboy Boots by Shannon Garst
1948 The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley
1947 Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
1946 The Return of Silver Chief by Jack O'Brien
1945 Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
1944 The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
1943 Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
1942 By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1941 Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
1940 Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe by Dell J. McCormick