Young Reader's Choice Award

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.

The Youth Division goes to a book for grades 4-8. In 1991, a Senior Division (grades 9-12) was added to the awards program.

• The Young Reader's Choice Award - History and Rationale
• YRCA Selection Policy
• Participating in the Awards Program
• State and Provincial Representatives
• Support Material
• Scholarship for Conference Attendance

• 1999 Nominees

• 1998
  • Youth: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar (Avon/Camelot)
  • Senior: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Harper Trophy)
  • 1998 Nominees
• 1997
  • Youth: Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting (HarperCollins)
  • Senior: Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney (Dell)
  • 1997 Nominees
• 1996
  • Youth: The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Senior: The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • 1996 Nominees
• 1995
  • Youth: Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret (Dutton)
  • Senior: Who Killed My Daughter by Lois Duncan (Delacorte)
  • 1995 Nominees
• 1994
  • Youth: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum)
  • Senior: Wolf by the Ears by Ann Rinaldi (Scholastic)
  • 1994 Nominees
• 1993
  • Youth: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little)
  • Senior: The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (Bantam)
  • 1993 Nominees
• 1992
  • Youth: Danger in Quicksand Swamp by Bill Wallace (Holiday)
  • Senior: Eva by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte)
• 1991
  • Youth: Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin (Holiday)
  • Senior: Sex Education by Jenny Davis (Orchard House)
• 1990: There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar (Knopf)
• 1989: Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (Ticknor & Fields)
• 1988: Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements (Viking/Scholastic)
• 1987: The War With Grandpa by Robert Smith (Delacorte)
• 1986: The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (Holiday)
• 1985: Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson (Lothrop)
• 1984: Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks (Doubleday)
• 1983: Superfudge by Judy Blume (Dutton)
• 1982: Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah and James Howe (Atheneum)
• 1981: Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (Little)
• 1980: Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
• 1979: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Call by Mildred Taylor (Dial)
• 1978: The Great Brain Does It Again by John D. Fitzgerald (Dial)
• 1977: Blubber by Judy Blume (Bradbury)
• 1976: The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald (Dial)
• 1975: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (Dutton)
• 1974: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (Atheneum)
• 1973: No Award
• 1972: Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace by Donald J. Sobol (Nelson)
• 1971: Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
• 1970: Smoke by William Corbin (Coward)
• 1969: Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson (Viking)
• 1968: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
• 1967: Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming (Random)
• 1966: Rascal by Sterling North (Dutton)
• 1965: John F. Kennedy and PT-109 by Richard Tregaskis (Random)
• 1964: The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford (Atlantic-Little)
• 1963: Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor by Jay Williams (McGraw)
• 1962: The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart Holbrook (Random)
• 1961: Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams (McGraw)
• 1960: Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
• 1959: Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (Harper)
• 1958: Golden Mare by William Corbin (Coward)
• 1957: Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
• 1956: Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor (McGraw)
• 1953 - 1955: No Awards
• 1952: Sea Star by Marguerite Henry (Rand)
• 1951: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry (Rand)
• 1950: McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss (Random)
• 1949: Cowboy Boots by Shannon Garst (Abingdon)
• 1948: The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley (Random)
• 1947: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
• 1946: The Return of Silver Chief by Jack O'Brien (Holt)
• 1945: Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (Dutton)
• 1944: The Black Stallion by Walter Farley (Random)
• 1943: Lassie Come Home by Erick Knight (Holt)
• 1942: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper)
• 1941: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater (Little)
• 1940: Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe by Dell J. McCormick (Caxton)