Kids: Young Reader's Choice Award, 2008 Nominees

The Young Reader's Choice Award was established in 1940 to promote reading for enjoyment among children. The award is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association.  Children in the Pacific Northwest who read at least two of the nominated titles are eligible to vote in March of each year. 

Junior Division (Grades 4 to 6) 

The Day Joanie Frankenhauser Became a Boy by Francess Lin Lantz (not owned by SPL)

A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Anne M. Martin
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Scarecrow and His Servant by Phillip Pullman

Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach (not owned by SPL)

Whales on Stilts by M.T. Anderson 

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Intermediate Division (Grades 7 to 9)

Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney 

Flush by Carl Hiassen

Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last by Susan Juby

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 

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Senior Division (Grades 10 to 1 2) 

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (in the adult collection)

Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes

Midshipwizard Halcyon-Blithe by James M. Ward (in the adult collection)

Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria McKernan

A list of previous Young Reader's Choice Award Winners is also available on the SPL website.

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