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Young Reader\'s Choice AwardCategories: Senior, Junior, Intermediate, Children's Books
The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. The award was established in 1940 by a Seattle bookseller, the late Harry Hartman, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives him or her pleasure. Nominations are taken only from children, teachers, parents and librarians in the Pacific Northwest ~ Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Winners represent popularity with young readers in 3 levels: junior (4th-6th grades), intermediate (7th-9th grades) and senior (10th-12 grades), and are announced in mid April each year. *In 1990 the original award was divided into Senior and Junior. Intermediate was added 2002.

1990
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Author: Louis Sachar
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 50

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1989
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story (Avon Camelot Books)
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story (Avon Camelot Books)
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 48

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1988
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
Author: Barthe DeClements
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 10

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1987
The War with Grandpa
The War with Grandpa
Author: Robert Kimmel Smith, Richard Lauter (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
 16

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1986
The Dollhouse Murders
The Dollhouse Murders
Author: Betty Ren Wright
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 30

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1985
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
Author: Jamie Gilson
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 2

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1984
The Indian in the Cupboard (Indian in the Cupboard, Bk 1)
The Indian in the Cupboard (Indian in the Cupboard, Bk 1)
Author: Lynne Reid Banks
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 224

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1983
Superfudge (Fudge, Bk 2)
Superfudge (Fudge, Bk 2)
Author: Judy Blume
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 54

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1982
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, Bk 1)
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, Bk 1)
Author: Deborah Howe, James Howe, Alan Daniel (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 34

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1981
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood
Author: Ellen Conford
  ?

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1980
Ramona and Her Father (Ramona Quimby, Bk 4)
Ramona and Her Father (Ramona Quimby, Bk 4)
Author: Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 71

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1979
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, Bk 4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, Bk 4)
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 138

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1978
The Great Brain Does it Again (Great Brain, Bk 7)
The Great Brain Does it Again (Great Brain, Bk 7)
Author: John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 10

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1977
Blubber
Blubber
Author: Judy Blume
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 167

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1976
The Great Brain Reforms (Great Brain)
The Great Brain Reforms (Great Brain)
Author: John D. Fitzgerald
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 6

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1975
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, Bk 1)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, Bk 1)
Author: Judy Blume, Roy Doty (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 76

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1974
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1)
Author: Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 211

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1973

 No Award Given

1972
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (Encyclopedia Brown, Bk 6)
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (Encyclopedia Brown, Bk 6)
Author: Donald J. Sobol
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 8

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1971
Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby, Bk 2)
Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby, Bk 2)
Author: Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 80

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1970
Smoke
Smoke
Author: W. Corbin
  ?

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1969
Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service (Henry Reed, Bk 3)
Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service (Henry Reed, Bk 3)
Author: Keith Robertson
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 6

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1968
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, Bk 1)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, Bk 1)
Author: Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 152

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1967
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bk 1)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bk 1)
Author: Ian Fleming, Ian Cunliffe (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 7

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1966
Rascal
Rascal
Author: Sterling North, John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
 28

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1965

 No Award Given

1964
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey
Author: Sheila Burnford, Carl Burger (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 38

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1963
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
Author: Jay Williams, Raymond Abrashkin
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 2

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1962
Sterling Point Books: The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
Sterling Point Books: The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
Author: Stewart H. Holbrook
  ?

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1961
Danny Dunn And The Homework Machine (Danny Dunn, Bk 3)
Danny Dunn And The Homework Machine (Danny Dunn, Bk 3)
Author: Jay Williams, Raymond Abrashkin, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 3

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1960
Henry and the Paper Route (Henry Huggins, Bk 4)
Henry and the Paper Route (Henry Huggins, Bk 4)
Author: Beverly Cleary
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 19

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1959
Old Yeller
Old Yeller
Author: Fred Gipson
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 110

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1958
Golden Mare
Golden Mare
Author: W. Corbin
  ?

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1957
Henry and Ribsy (Henry Huggins, Bk 3)
Henry and Ribsy (Henry Huggins, Bk 3)
Author: Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 35

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1956
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars
Author: Ellen MacGregor
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2

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1955

 No Award Given

1954

 No Award Given

1953

 No Award Given

1952
Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague (Misty, Bk 2)
Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague (Misty, Bk 2)
Author: Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis (Illustrator)
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 9

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1951
King of the Wind
King of the Wind
Author: Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 20

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1950
McElligot's Pool
McElligot's Pool
Author: Dr. Seuss
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 13

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1949
Cowboy Boots
Cowboy Boots
Author: Shannon Garst, Charles Hargens (Illustrator)
  ?

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1948
The Black Stallion Returns (Black Stallion, Bk 2)
The Black Stallion Returns (Black Stallion, Bk 2)
Author: Walter Farley
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 38

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PBS Market Price: $7.59 or $3.69+1 credit

1947
Homer Price (Homer Price, Bk 1)
Homer Price (Homer Price, Bk 1)
Author: Robert McCloskey
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 30

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PBS Market Price: $7.59 or $3.69+1 credit

1946
The Return of Silver Chief
The Return of Silver Chief
Author: Jack O'Brien, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator)
  ?

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1945
Snow Treasure
Snow Treasure
Author: Marie McSwigan, Andre LaBlanc (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 62

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1944
The Black Stallion and the Girl (Black Stallion, Bk 18)
The Black Stallion and the Girl (Black Stallion, Bk 18)
Author: Walter Farley
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 12

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1943
Lassie Come Home
Lassie Come Home
Author: Eric Knight
  ?

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1942
By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, Bk 5)
By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, Bk 5)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 191

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1941
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Author: Florence Atwater, Richard Atwater, Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 96

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1940
Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe
Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe
Author: Dell J. McCormick
  ?

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