Young Reader's Choice Awards
The Young Reader’s Choice Awards (YRCA) is a year-long reading program for children in Grades 4 to 12 living in Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA), it is the only award where children choose the nominated books and the winners. The nominees for the 2021 YRCA have been selected.
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Cast Your Vote
Vote for your favourite title(s) by April 15, 2021. You can vote as many times as you want and in any division.
Nominees
Voting goes until April 15, 2021 so choose your favourite title here. Teachers can submit votes on behalf of their class here.
Have you read an awesome book that you want to suggest for a future Young Reader's Choice Award? Suggest a title here.
Junior Division
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster
by Jonathan Auxier
The Serpent’s Secret
by Sayantani DasGupta
Granted
by John David Anderson
Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden
Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire
by John August
Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel)
by Tui Sutherland
Positively Izzy
by Terri Libenson
Inkling
by Kenneth Oppel
Intermediate Division
Impostors
by Scott Westerfeld
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
by Leslie Connor
No Fixed Address
by Susin Nielsen
TBH, This is SO Awkward
by Lisa Greenwald
Ash Princess
by Laura Sebastian
City of Ghosts
by Victoria Schwab
Darius the Great is Not Okay
by Adib Khorram
The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Senior Division
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
by Tahereh Mafi
I am Still Alive
by Kate Alice Marshall
Dear Evan Hansen
by Val Emmich
Five Feet Apart
by Rachael Lippincott
Dry
by Neal Shusterman
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Here are the resources you need to support YRCA in your classroom:
View the YRCA Presentation
YRCA presentations are temporarily suspended, but you can view our virtual presentation here.
Book Profiles (PDF)
Read these brief summaries to learn more about this year's nominees.
Classroom Votes
Teachers can submit votes for a school or classroom.
YRCA Poster
Print this 11" x 17" 2021 YRCA poster for your classroom.
YRCA Bookmarks
Print these 2021 YRCA bookmarks for your students! For best results, print double sided and choose "flip on short edge".
Junior Division
by Alan Gratz
Intermediate
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
by Dusti Bowling
Senior
by Angie Thomas
