2015-16+Nominated+Titles

**Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program** Master List for 2015-2016


 * 2015-2016 Winners **

Kindergarten-Grade 3 //The Monkey Goes Bananas// by C. P. Bloom Grades 3-6 //El Deafo// by Cece Bell Grades 6-8 //The Fourteenth Goldfish// by Jennifer L. Holm Young Adult //Those Who Wish Me Dead// by Michael Koryta

**Kindergarten – 3rd Grade**
 * Barnett, Mac || //Sam and Dave Dig a Hole// || Candlewick Press ||
 * Bloom, C. P. || //The Monkey Goes Bananas// || Abrams Books for Young Readers ||
 * Brown, Peter || //My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)// || Little, Brown and Company ||
 * Cox, Lynne || //Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas// || Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Cronin, Doreen || //The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure// || Atheneum Books for Young Readers ||
 * DiCamillo, Kate || //Leroy Ninker Saddles Up// || Candlewick Press ||
 * DiPucchio, Kelly || //Gaston// || Atheneum Books for Young Readers ||
 * Hale, Shannon & Dean Hale || //The Princess in Black// || Candlewick Press ||
 * Hanlon, Abby || //Dory Fantasmagory// || Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC ||
 * Holub, Joan || //Little Red Writing// || Chronicle Books ||
 * Lewis, J. Patrick & Douglas Florian || //Poem-mobiles: Crazy Car Poems// || Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * O'Connell, Caitlin || //A Baby Elephant in the Wild// || Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ||
 * Rosenstock, Barb || //The Noisy Paint Box:// //The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art// || Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Shea, Bob || //Buddy and the Bunnies in: Don't Play with Your Food!// || Disney Hyperion ||
 * Soman, David || //Three Bears in a Boat// || Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC ||

**Grades 3-6**
 * Armstrong, K. L. & M. A. Marr || //Loki's Wolves// || Little, Brown and Company ||
 * Bell, Cece || //El Deafo// || Amulet Books ||
 * Burns, Loree Griffin || //Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey// || Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Books ||
 * Engle, Margarita || //Mountain Dog// || Henry Holt and Company ||
 * Isaacs, Anne || //Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch// || Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Lord, Cynthia || //Half a Chance// || Scholastic, Inc. ||
 * Martin, Ann M. || //Rain Reign// || Feiwel & Friends ||
 * Mass, Wendy & Michael Brawer || //Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight// || Little, Brown and Company ||
 * Ringwald, Whitaker || //The Secret Box// || Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins ||
 * Scieszka, Jon || //Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor// || Amulet Books ||
 * Segel, Jason & Kirsten Miller || //Nightmares!// || Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Sidman, Joyce || //Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold// || Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ||
 * Skerry, Brian with Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld || //The Whale Who Won Hearts: And More True Stories of Adventures with Animals// || National Geographic ||
 * Sutherland, Tui T. & Kari H. Sutherland || //The Menagerie// || HarperCollins ||
 * Woods, Brenda || //The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond// || Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group USA ||

**Grades 6-8**
 * Alexander, Kwame || //The Crossover// || Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ||
 * Auxier, Jonathan || //The Night Gardener// || Amulet Books ||
 * Bausum, Ann || //Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I’s Bravest Dog// || National Geographic ||
 * Bracken, Beth & Kay Fraser || //Wish// || Capstone Books ||
 * Bradley, F. T. || //Double Vision: Code Name 711// || HarperCollins ||
 * Gephart, Donna || //Death by Toilet Paper// || Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Haskell, Merrie || //The Castle Behind Thorns// || Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins ||
 * Holm, Jennifer L. || //The Fourteenth Goldfish// || Random House Books for Young Readers ||
 * Hurwitz, Michele Weber || //The Summer I Saved the World...in 65 Days// || Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Milford, Kate || //Greenglass House// || Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ||
 * Pelletier, Cathie || //The Summer Experiment// || Sourcebooks Jabberwocky ||
 * Philbrick, Rodman || //Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina// || Scholastic, Inc. ||
 * Schrefer, Eliot || //Threatened// || Scholastic, Inc. ||
 * Snyder, Maria V. || //Storm Watcher// || Leap Books, LLC ||
 * Stone, Tanya Lee || //Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers// || Candlewick Press ||

**Young Adult**
 * Colbert, Brandy || //Pointe// || G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group USA ||
 * Fleming, Candace || // The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia // || Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Han, Jenny || //To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before// || Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ||
 * Knapp, Andrew || //Find Momo: A Photography Book// || Quirk Books ||
 * Koryta, Michael || //Those Who Wish Me Dead// || Little, Brown and Company ||
 * Lockhart, E. || //We Were Liars// || Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Lu, Marie || //The Young Elites// || G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group USA ||
 * McHugh, Laura || //The Weight of Blood// || Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House ||
 * Nelson, Jandy || //I’ll Give You the Sun// || Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group USA ||
 * Niven, Jennifer || //All the Bright Places// || Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books ||
 * Reedy, Trent || //If You’re Reading This// || Scholastic, Inc. ||
 * Sundquist, Josh || // We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story // || Little, Brown Company ||
 * Talley, Robin || //Lies We Tell Ourselves// || Harlequin Teen ||
 * Vlahos, Len || //The Scar Boys// || Egmont Publishing ||
 * Whaley, John Corey || //Noggin// || Atheneum Books for Young Readers ||

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