Young Reader's Choice Award

The library has a new display up with the nominations for the Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award. Each year, 6 to 8 titles are nominated in three categories and then voted on in the spring by children.  Below are the 2012 nominees with links direct to the library catalog. Any title without a link is on order and should be available soon.


JUNIOR (4th-6th grades)

The 11 Birthdays – Wendy Mass
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate – Jacqueline Kelly
Happenstance Found – P. W. Catanese
Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow – James Rollins
Scat – Carl Hiaasen
Three Cups of Tea – Sarah L Thomson
Watching Jimmy – Nancy Hartry
When the Cherry Blossoms Fell – Jennifer Maruno
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – Grace Lin


INTERMEDIATE (7th-9th grades)

The Hunchback Assignments – Arthur Slade
Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld
The Maze Runner – James Dashner
Peace, Love and Baby Ducks – Lauren Myracle
Princess of the Midnight Ball – Jessica George
The Reformed Vampire Support Group – Catherine Jinks
Skeleton Creek – Patrick Carman
Thirteenth Child – Patricia Wrede


SENIOR (10th-12th grades)

Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen
Going Bovine – Libba Bray
Hush, Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick
Lockdown – Alexander Smith
The Monstrumologist – Rick Yancey
Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – C. Alan Bradley
Witch and Wizard – James Patterson