Saturday, March 14, 2009


The Pacific Northwest Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2010 Young Reader's Choice Award! Check the site for award information, past winners. Students in grades 4-12 have until April 15th to vote on their 2009 favorites!

The choices are:

Intermediate Division (Grades 7-9):

Alchemyst - Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
Peak by Roland Smith
Plain Janes by Cecil Castelucci
Schooled by Gordon Korman
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landry

Senior Division (Grades 10-12):

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Junior Division (Grades 4-6):

The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal by Jeff Kinney
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
No Talking by Andrew Clements