# Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest) reading list

**39** books referenced by Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Young Reader's Choice Award (YRCA) is the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, presented by the Pacific Northwest Library Association since 1940. Each year, students across the Pacific Northwest — including Washington — read from official nominee lists in the Junior and Intermediate divisions and vote for their favorite titles. Its winners include widely loved middle-grade reading such as Bud Not Buddy, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, Wonder, The Lightning Thief, and Refugee.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/washington-young-readers-choice-award
**Primary source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest) reading list

- [11 Birthdays](https://readinglist.school/book/11-birthdays) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 3–5)_
- [A Dog's Life](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dogs-life-the-autobiography-of-a-stray) by Ann M. Martin _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Artemis Fowl](https://readinglist.school/book/artemis-fowl) by Eoin Colfer _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_
- [City of Ghosts](https://readinglist.school/book/city-of-ghosts) by Victoria Schwab _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Dog Man](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man) by Dav Pilkey _(390L · Grades 2–5)_
- [Dragon Rider](https://readinglist.school/book/dragon-rider) by Cornelia Funke _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Drama](https://readinglist.school/book/drama) by Raina Telgemeier _(Grades 5–9)_
- [El Deafo](https://readinglist.school/book/el-deafo) by Cece Bell _(420L · Grades 4–6)_
- [Eragon](https://readinglist.school/book/eragon) by Christopher Paolini _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-from-mr-lemoncellos-library) by Chris Grabenstein _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus](https://readinglist.school/book/insignificant-events-in-the-life-of-a-cactus) by Dusti Bowling _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer (Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/magnus-chase-and-the-sword-of-summer) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Mary, Bloody Mary](https://readinglist.school/book/mary-bloody-mary) by Carolyn Meyer _(Grades 6–9)_
- [New Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/new-kid) by Jerry Craft _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Odder](https://readinglist.school/book/odder) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_
- [Roller Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/roller-girl) by Victoria Jamieson _(440L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Schooled](https://readinglist.school/book/schooled) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Skeleton Man](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-man) by Joseph Bruchac _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Smile](https://readinglist.school/book/smile) by Raina Telgemeier _(410L · Grades 4–8)_
- [Son of the Mob](https://readinglist.school/book/son-of-the-mob) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Swim Team](https://readinglist.school/book/swim-team) by Johnnie Christmas _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The 5th Wave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-5th-wave) by Rick Yancey _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Bridge Home](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bridge-home) by Padma Venkatraman _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Hidden Oracle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hidden-oracle) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_
- [The Lost Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-hero) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 5–9)_
- [The Maze Runner](https://readinglist.school/book/the-maze-runner) by James Dashner _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane](https://readinglist.school/book/the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Son of Neptune](https://readinglist.school/book/the-son-of-neptune) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Supernaturalist](https://readinglist.school/book/the-supernaturalist) by Eoin Colfer _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) by Kate DiCamillo _(670L · Grades 3–6)_
- [The Thief Lord](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thief-lord) by Cornelia Funke _(Grades 4–6)_
- [When Stars Are Scattered](https://readinglist.school/book/when-stars-are-scattered) by Victoria Jamieson _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy](https://readinglist.school/book/wings-of-fire-the-dragonet-prophecy) by Tui T. Sutherland _(720L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_

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