| Junior Division (Grades 4 to 6) |
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.
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
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
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.