Young Reader's Choice Awards

Nominated Titles For 1997

Students from Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington who have read (or listened to) two books in either or both categories vote for their favorites.

Youth Division (Grades 4-8)

Bunting, Eve. Nasty Stinky Sneakers. HarperCollins, 0064405079 $3.95
Byars, Betsy. The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery. Viking, 0670854875 $13.99
Coville, Bruce. The Dragonslayers. Pocket Books, 0671798324 $3.99
Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. HarperCollins, 0060233370 $15.98 (paperback release date Sept. 30, 1996 ISBN 0064405176)
DeFelice, Cynthia. Lostman's River. Avon, 0380723964 $3.99
Gantos, Jack. Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 0374429235 $3.95
King-Smith, Dick. Three Terrible Trins. Crown Books, 0517598280 $15.00
Myers, Walter Dean. Darnell Rock Reporting. Delacorte, 0385320965 $14.95
Nelson, Theresa. Earthshine. Dell, 0440219892 $4.50
Paterson, Katherine. Flip-Flop Girl. Puffin Books, 0140376798 $3.99
Reaver, Chap. Bill. Dell, 044041153X $3.99
Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood Red Sun. Dell, 0440411394 $3.99

Senior Division (Grades 9-12)

Cooney, Caroline. Driver's Ed. Dell, 0440219817 $4.50
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. HarperCollins, 0064405842 $3.95
Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. Puffin, 0140376410 $4.99
Johnston, Julie. Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me. Puffin Books, 0140375880 $4.99
Myers, Walter Dean. The Glory Field. Scholastic, 0590458981 $4.99

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