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August 2014

Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2014-2015

 Kindergarten – Grade 3

Bean, Jonathan.  BUILDING OUR HOUSE
Brown, Peter.  MR. TIGER GOES WILD
Bryant, Jennifer.  A SPLASH OF RED : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HORACE PIPPIN
Fleming, Candace.  PAPA'S MECHANICAL FISH
Keller, Laurie.  BOWLING ALLEY BANDIT
McCarthy, Meghan.  DAREDEVIL : THE DARING LIFE OF BETTY SKELTON
McCarty, Peter.  CHLOE
Mills, Claudia.  KELSEY GREEN, READING QUEEN
Moore, Eva.  LUCKY DUCKLINGS
Park, Linda Sue.  XANDER'S PANDA PARTY
Prelutsky, Jack.  STARDINES SWIM HIGH ACROSS THE SKY AND OTHER POEMS
Rubin, Adam.  DRAGONS LOVE TACOS
Schneider, Josh.  TALES FOR VERY PICKY EATERS
Snicket, Lemony. THE DARK
Sternberg, Julie.  LIKE BUG JUICE ON A BURGER

Grades 3-6

Black, Holly.  DOLL BONES
Dicamillo, Kate.  FLORA & ULYSSES : THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES
Fairlie, Emily.  THE LOST TREASURE OF TUCKERNUCK
Fradin, Judith Bloom.  THE PRICE OF FREEDOM : HOW ONE TOWN STOOD UP TO SLAVERY
Harley, Bill.  CHARLIE BUMPERS VS. THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Kurtz, Chris.  THE ADVENTURES OF A SOUTH POLE PIG : A NOVEL OF SNOW AND COURAGE
Laidlaw, Rob.  NO SHELTER HERE : MAKING THE WORLD A KINDER PLACE FOR DOGS
MacLachlan, Patricia.  THE TRUTH OF ME
Moss, Marissa.  BARBED WIRE BASEBALL
Pflugfelder, Bob. NICK AND TESLA'S HIGH-VOLTAGE DANGER LAB : A MYSTREY WITH ELECTROMAGNETS, BURGLAR ALARMS, AND OTHER GADGETS YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF
Raum, Elizabeth.  CAN YOU SURVIVE STORM CHASING : AN INTERACTIVE SURVIVAL ADVENTURE
Spinelli, Jerry.    JAKE AND LILY
Sutherland, Tui. THE DRAGONET PROPHECY
Tavares, Matt.  BECOMING BABE RUTH
Wissinger, Tamera. GONE FISHING : A NOVEL IN VERSE

Grades 6-8

Blakemore, Megan Frazer.  THE WATER CASTLE
Cooper, Susan.  GHOST HAWK
Fradin, Judy.  STOLEN INTO SLAVERY : THE TRUE STORY OF SOLOMON NORTHRUP
Grabenstein, Chris.  ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY
Gratz, Alan.  PRISONER B-3087
Green, Tim.  FORCE OUT
Hayles, Marsha.  BREATHING ROOM
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.  ONE FOR THE MURPHYS
Korman, Gordon.  UNGIFTED
Messner, Kate.  WAKE UP MISSING
Paulsen, Gary.  ROAD TRIP
Rusch, Elizabeth.  ERUPTION : VOLCANOES AND THE SCIENCE OF SAVING LIVES
Sloan, Holly Goldberg.  COUNTING BY 7S
Stout, Glenn.  FROM HARDSHIPS TO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Timberlake, Amy.  ONE CAME HOME

Young Adult

Anderson, Jodi Lynn.  TIGER LILY
Anderson, Laurie Halse.  THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF MEMORY
Black, Holly.  THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN
de la Peña, Matt.  THE LIVING
Hartzler, Aaron.  RAPTURE PRACTICE
Herbach, Geoff.  I'M WITH STUPID
Hoose, Phillip M.  MOONBIRD : A YEAR ON THE WIND WITH THE GREAT SURVIVOR B95
King, A. S.   REALITY BOY
Knisely, Lucy.  RELISH : MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN
Northrop, Michael. ROTTEN
Murdoch, Emily.  IF YOU FIND ME
Rowell, Rainbow.  ELEANOR & PARK
Sáenz, Benjamin Alire.  ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
Sepetys, Ruta.   OUT OF THE EASY
Shepherd, Megan.  THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER

    South Carolina Book Award Nominees 2015
Picture Books
Asim, Jabari.  FIFTY CENTS AND A DREAM : YOUNG BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Hopkinson, Deborah.  ANNIE AND HELEN
Joyce, William.  THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MY MORRIS LESSMORE
Mortensen, Lori.  COWPOKE CLYDE AND DIRTY DAWG
Polacco, Patricia.  THE ART OF MISS CHEW
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse.  EXCLAMATION MARK
Slade, Suzanne.  THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT
Tavares, Matt.  BECOMING BABE RUTH
Woodson, Jacqueline.  EACH KINDNESS
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis.  THE GRANDDAUGHTER NECKLACE
    Junior Book Award
Amato. Mary.  GUITAR NOTES
Bardugo, Leigh.  SHADOW AND BONE
Bodeen, S. A.  THE RAFT
Burg, Shana.  LAUGH WITH THE MOON
Fry, Erin M.  LOSING IT
Gibbs, Stuart.  SPY SCHOOL
Hayles, Marsha.  BREATHING ROOM
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.  ONE FOR THE MURPHYS
Key, Watt.  FOURMILE
Knowles, Jo.  SEE YOU AT HARRY'S
Messner, Kate. EYE OF THE STORM
Nielson, Jennifer A.  THE FALSE PRINCE
Poblocki, Dan. THE GHOST OF GRAYLOCK
Reisfeld, Randi.  WHAT THE DOG SAID
Rodkey, Geoff.  DEADWEATHER AND SUNRISE
Rose, Caroline Starr.  MAY B.
Sheinkin, Steve.  LINCOLN'S GRAVE ROBBERS
Sonnenblick, Jordan.  CURVEBALL : THE YEAR I LOST MY GRIP
Tillit,  L.B.  UNCHAINED
Wright, Barbara.  CROW

    Children's Award
Barrow, Randi. FINDING ZASHA
Bauer, Joan. ALMOST HOME
Carlson-Voiles, Polly.   SUMMER OF THE WOLVES
Cavanaugh, Nancy. THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO RATCHET 
Dallas, Sandra. THE QUILT WALK 
Farrey, Brain. THE VENGEKEEP PROPHECIES 
Grabenstein, Chris.  ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY
Korman, Gordon.  UNGIFTED
Messenger, Shannon.  KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES
Messner, Kate. CAPTURE THE FLAG
Mone, Gregory.  DANGEROUS WATERS
Moss, Marissa. BARBED WIRE BASEBALL
O'Connor, Shelia. KEEPING SAFE THE STARS
Peacock, Carol Antoinette. RED THREAD SISTERS    
Pennypacker, Penny. SUMMER OF THE GYPSY MOTHS 
Rhatigan, Joe. WHITE HOUSE KIDS : THE PERKS, PLEASURES,PROBLEMS, AND PRATFALLS OF RHE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. SUGAR 
Spinelli, Jerry. THIRD GRADE ANGELS 
Spinner, Stephanie. ALEX THE PARROT : NO ORDINARY BIRD

    Young Adult Award 



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