Young Readers' Choice Award - Gonzaga University

Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Library Association, this award was established in 1940 to promote reading for enjoyment. Chosen by the children and young adults of Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, from books published 3 years previously, and nominated by librarians, teachers, students and others. For more information check out this Young Readers' Choice Awards site.
Go to 2003 and prior winners

(Call numbers indicate items held in the Curriculum Center in Foley Center Library.)

Junior Division: 4th - 6th Grades

2006	DiCamillo, Kate	The Tale of Despereaux	PZ3.D53 T35 2003
2005	Funke, Corneila	The Theif Lord	not available in Foley
2004	Bruchac, Joseph	Skeleton Man	not available in Foley

Intermediate Division: 7th - 9th Grades

2006	Paolini, Christopher	Eragon	PZ4.P36 E73 2003
2005	Korman, Gordon	Son of the Mob	not available in Foley
2004	Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl	PZ4.C642 A78 2003

Senior Division: 10th - 12th Grades

2006	Going, K. L.	Fat Kid Rules the World	not available in Foley
2005	Farmer, Nancy	The House of the Scorpion	PZ4.F36 H68 2002
2004	Brashares, Ann	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	PZ4.B736S57 2001

2003 Winners and Earlier4TH-8TH GRADE DIVISION WINNERS

2003	DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie	PZ3.D53B43 2000
2002	Curtis, Christopher Paul	Bud, Not Buddy	PZ4.C87B83 1999
2001	Sachar, Louis	Holes	PZ3.S215H65 1998
2000	King-Smith, Dick	A Mouse Called Wolf	PZ3.K56M68 1997
1999	Clements, Andrew	Frindle	PZ3.C5426F7 1996
1998	Sachar, Louis	Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger	PZ3.B85N37 1995
1997	Bunting, Eve	Nasty, Stinky Sneakers	PZ3.B85N37 1995
1996	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	The Boys Start the War	PZ3.N33B69 1993
1995	Kehret, Peg	Terror at the Zoo	PZ3.K438T4 1993
1994	Naylor, Phyllis	Shiloh	PZ3.N33S4 1991
1993	Spinelli, Jerry	Maniac Magee	PZ3.S6944M36
1992	Wallace, Bill	Danger in Quicksand Swamp	PZ3.W339D3 1989
1991	Martin, Ann M.	Ten Kids, No Pets	PZ3.M373T4 1988
1990	Sachar, Louis	There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom	PZ3.S214T44 1987
1989	Hahn, Mary Downing	Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story	not available in Foley
1988	DeClements, Barthe	Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You	PZ3.D4193.S5 1995
1987	Smith, Robert	The War With Grandpa	PZ3.S642.W3 1984
1986	Wright, Betty Ren	The Dollhouse Murders	PZ3.W74 D6 1983
1985	Gilson, Jamie	Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub	PZ3.G5494T5 1982
1984	Banks, Lynn Reid	Indian in the Cupboard	PZ3.R44I52 1982
1983	Blume, Judy	Superfudge	PZ3.B578S967 1980
1982	Howe, Deborah and James	Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery	PZ3.H839B86 1980
1981	Conford, Ellen	Hail, Hail Camp Tenderwood	not available in Foley
1980	Cleary, Beverly	Ramona and Her Father	PZ3.C54R35 1979
1979	Taylor, Mildred	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Call	PZ3.T395R65 1976
1978	Fitzgerald, John D.	The Great Brain Does It Again	PZ3.F518G76 1974
1977	Blume, Judy	Blubber	PZ3.B578B558
1976	Fitzgerald, John D.	The Great Brain Reforms	PZ3.F518G75 1973
1975	Blume, Judy	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	PZ3.B578T349 1979
1974	O'Brien, Robert C.	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH	PZ3.O27M7 1971
1973	No Award
1972	Sobol, Donald J.	Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace	PZ3.S67ES 1969
1971	Cleary, Beverly	Ramona the Pest	PZ3.C54R35 1982
1970	Corbin, William	Smoke	not available in Foley
1969	Robertson, Keith	Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service	PZ3.R623H42
1968	Cleary, Beverly	The Mouse and the Motorcycle	PZ3.C54M6 1965
1967	Fleming, Ian	Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang	PZ3.F56C49 1964
1966	North, Sterling	Rascal	PS3527.O585Z474
1965	Tregaskis, Richard	John F. Kennedy and PT-109	not available in Foley
1964	Burnford, Sheila	The Incredible Journey	PZ3.B8694I52 1981
1963	Williams, Jay	Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor	not available in Foley
1962	Holbrook, Stewart	The Swamp Fox of the Revolution	not available in Foley
1961	Williams, Jay	Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine	not available in Foley
1960	Cleary, Beverly	Henry and the Paper Route	PZ3.C54H4 1957
1959	Gipson, Fred	Old Yeller	PZ3.G5604 1956
1958	Corbin, William	Golden Mare	PZ3.M4237G6 1955
1957	Cleary, Beverly	Henry and Ribsy	PZ3.C54H39 1954
1956	MacGregor, Ellen	Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars	PZ3.M324M5 1951
1953-55	No Awards
1952	Henry, Marguerite	Sea Star	not available in Foley
1951	Henry, Marguerite	King of the Wind	PZ3.H46K56 1948
1950	Dr. Seuss	McElligot's Pool	not available in Foley
1949	Garst, Shannon	Cowboy Boots	PZ3.G376C6 1946
1948	Corbin, William	Golden Mare	PZ3.M4237G6 1955
1947	Cleary, Beverly	Henry and Ribsy	PZ3.C54H39 1954
1946	O'Brien, Jack	The Return of Silver Chief	PZ3.O268R4 1943
1945	McSwigan, Marie	Snow Treasure	PZ3.M42555 2986
1944	Farley, Walter	The Black Stallion	PZ3.F372B5 1941
1943	Knight, Erick	Lassie Come Home	PZ3.K58L3 1971
1942	Wilder, Laura Ingalls	By the Shores of Silver Lake	PZ3.W548B9 1994
1941	Atwater, Richard & Florence	Mr. Popper's Penguins	PZ3.A87M7 1938
1940	McCormick, Dell J.	Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe	PZ8.1.M34P3 1955

SENIOR DIVISION WINNERS

2003	Bauer, Joane	Hope was here	PZ4.B3786H67 2000
2002	Sleator, William	Rewind	PZ4.S62 R49 2001
2001	Sleator, William	The Boxes	PZ4.S62B69 1998
2000	Glenn, Mel	The Taking of Room 114	PS3557.L447T34 1997
1999	Bunting, Eve	SOS Titanic	PZ4.B85S67 1996
1998	Cushman, Karen	The Midwife's Apprentice	PZ3.C873M5 1995
1997	Cooney, Caroline	Driver's Ed	PZ4.C66D7 1996
1996	Lowry, Lois	The Giver	PZ3.L68G5 1993
1995	Duncan, Lois	Who Killed My Daughter?	HV6534.A35D96 1992
1994	Rinaldi, A.	Wolf By the Ears	PZ4.R56W6 1991
1993	Coony, Caroline B.	The Face on the Milk Carton	PZ4.C66F3 1990
1992	Dickinson, Peter	Eva	PZ4.D529E92 1990
1991	Davis, Jenny	Sex Education	not available in Foley

For more information please consult the annual handbooks to the PNLA Young Reader's Choice Awards. They are shelved in the Reference Area of the Curriculum Center at call number: CURRIC REF PN1009.A1H25