# Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) reading list

**8** books referenced by Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania), a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Mountain Laurel Book Award — formerly the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (PYRCA) — is Pennsylvania's statewide young readers' choice program, sponsored by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA). Students vote each year for their favorite recent titles across grade divisions spanning K-3, 3-6, 6-8, and grades 9-12, and the winners are read in Pennsylvania classrooms and libraries statewide.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/pennsylvania-mountain-laurel-book-award
**Primary source:** https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners (pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
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## Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) reading list

- [Black Brother, Black Brother](https://readinglist.school/book/black-brother-black-brother) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Firekeeper's Daughter](https://readinglist.school/book/firekeepers-daughter) by Angeline Boulley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Ground Zero](https://readinglist.school/book/ground-zero) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 6–8)_
- [New Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/new-kid) by Jerry Craft _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_
- [The Hate U Give](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hate-u-give) by Angie Thomas _(590L · Grades 9–12)_
- [The Wild Robot](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wild-robot) by Peter Brown _(740L · Grades 4–6)_
- [When Stars Are Scattered](https://readinglist.school/book/when-stars-are-scattered) by Victoria Jamieson _(Grades 5–8)_

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