MSU-Northern Library Young Reader's Choice

Young Reader's Choice Awards

1940 - 2002

FOURTH - EIGHT GRADE DIVISION WINNERS

Call # Date of Award Title/Author/Publ.
J 398.2 MCCORMI 1940 Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe. By Dell J. McCormick. Caxton. c. 1936.
J F AT94M 1941 Mr. Popper's Penguins. By Florence and Richard Atwater. Little, Brown & Co. c. 1938.
J F W645B 1942 By the Shores of Silver Lake. By Laura Ingalls Wilder. Harper. c. 1953.
J F K744L 1943 Lassie Come Home. By Eric Knight. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. c. 1940.
J F F229B 1944 Black Stallion. By Walter Farley. Random House. c. 1968.
J F M249S 1945 Snow Treasures. By Marie McSwigan. Dutton. c. 1942.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1946 Return of Silver Chief. By Jack S. O'Brien. Holt, Rhinehart & Winston.
J F M1327H 1947 Homer Price. Robert McCloskey. Viking Press. c. 1943.
No MSU-Northern Holdings
1948 Black Stallion Returns. Walter Farley. Random.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1949 Cowboy Boots. Shannon Garst. Abingdon.
J F SE81M 1950 McElligot's Pool. Dr. Seuss. Random House. c. 1947.
J F H396K 1951 King of the Wind. Marguerite Henry. Rand McNally. c. 1948.
J F H396S 1952 Sea Star. Margerite Henry. Rand McNally. c. 1949.
***************** 1953 NO AWARD
***************** 1954 NO AWARD
***************** 1955 NO AWARD
J F M1783m 1956 Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars. Ellen MacGregor. McGraw Hill. c. 1951.
J F C58HE 1957 Henry and Ribsy. Beverly Cleary. Morrow. c. 1954.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1958 Golden Mare. William Corbin. Coward.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1959 Old Yeller. Fred Gipson. Harper.
J F C58H 1960 Henry and the Paper Route. Beverly Cleary. Scholastic Book Services.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1961 Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine. Jay Williams. McGraw.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1962 Swamp Fox of the Revolution. Stewart Holbrook. Random.
No MSU-Northern Holdings 1963 Danny Dunn and the Ocean Floor. Jay Williams. McGraw.
J F B934I 1964 Incredible Journey. Shiela Burnford. Little, Brown & Co. c. 1961.
J 940.54 T 1965 John F. Kennedy and P.T. 109. Richard Tregaskis. Random House. c. 1962.
J 599.74 N 1966 Rascal. Sterling North. Dutton. c. 1963.
J F F629c 1967 Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang. Ian Fleming. Random House. c. 1964.
J F C58M 1968 The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Beverly Cleary. Morrow. c. 1965.
J F R542HB 1969 Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service. Keith Robertson. Viking Press. c. 1966.
***************** 1970 NO AWARD
J F C58R 1971 Ramona the Pest. Beverly Cleary. Morrow. c. 1968.
J F So12E 1972 Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace. Donald J. Sobol. Dutton. c. 1969.
***************** 1973 NO AWARD
J F OB65M 1974 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Robert C. O'Brien. Atheneum. c. 1971.
J F B626T 1975 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Judy Blume. Dell. c. 1972.
J F F576G 1976 Great Brian Reforms. John Fitzgerald. Dell. c. 1973.
J F B6253B 1977 Blubber. Judy Blume. Bradbury Press. c. 1974.
J F F576GR 1978 Great Brian Does It Again. John Fitzgerald. Dial Press. c. 1975.
J F T216R 1979 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Mildred Taylor. Dial Press. c. 1976.
J F C58RA 1980 Ramona and Her Father. Beverly Cleary. Morrow. c. 1977.
J F C76H 1981 Hail, hail Camp Timberwood. Ellen Cornford. Little, Brown & Co. c. 1978.
J F H838B 1982 Bunnicula. Deb and James Howe. Atheneum. c. 1979.
J F B6238Su 1983 Super Fudge. Judy Blume. Dutton. c.1980.
J F B226I 1984 Indian in the Cupboard. Lynne Reid Banks. Doubleday. c. 1980.
J F G428T 1985 Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub. Jamie Gilson. Lothrop, Lee & Shephard. c. 1982.
J F W93D 1986 Dollhouse Murders. Betty Ren Wright. Holiday House. c. 1983.
J F SM641W 1987 War With Grandpa. Robert K. Smith. Delacorte Press. c. 1984.
J F D357S 1988 Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You. Barthe DeClements. Viking Kestrel. c. 1985.
J F H124W 1989 Wait Till Helen Comes. Mary Downing Hahn. Clarion Books. c. 1986.
J F SA13T 1990 There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom. Lois Sachar. Knopf. c. 1987
J F M3631T 1991 Ten Kids, No Pets. Ann M. Martin. Holiday House. c. 1989.
J F W1555D 1992 Danger in Quicksand Swamp. Bill Wallace. Holiday House. c. 1989.
J F SP46M 1993 Maniac Magee. Jerry Spinelli. Little, Brown & Co. c. 1993.
J F N234S 1994 Shiloh. Phyllis Naylor. Atheneum. c. 1991.
J F K261T 1995 Terror at the zoo. Peg Kehret. Cobblehill Books/Dutton. c. 1992.
J F N234B 1996 The Boys Start the War. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
J F B886N 1997 Nasty, stinky sneakers. Eve Bunting. HarperCollins. c. 1994.
J F SA12W 1995 1998 Wayside School gets a little stranger. Louis Sachar. Avon. 1995.
J F CLEMENT 1996 1999 Frindle. Andrew Clements.
2000 A mouse called Wolf. Dick King-Smith. Crown. c. 1997.
2001 Holes. Louis Sachar. Farrar Straus & Giroux. c.
2002 Split into the Junior Division (4th-6th grades) and Intermediate Division (7th-9th grades)

Junior Division (4th-6th Grades)

Call # Date of Award Title/Author/Publ.

Intermediate Division (7th-9th Grades)

Call # Date of Award Title/Author/Publ.
J F D2941S 1991 Sex Education. Jenny Davis. Dell. c. 1989.
J F D56E 1992 Eva. Peter Dickinson. Delacorte Press. c. 1988.
J F C782Fo 1993 Face on the Milk Carton. Caroline B.Cooney. Bantam Books. c. 1990.

SENIOR DIVISION (10th-12th Grades)

Call # Date of Award Title/Author/Publ.
J F D2941S 1991 Sex Education. Jenny Davis. Dell. c. 1989.
J F D56E 1992 Eva. Peter Dickinson. Delacorte Press. c. 1988.
J F C782Fo 1993 Face on the Milk Carton. Caroline B.Cooney. Bantam Books. c. 1990.
J F R47W 1994 Wolf By the Ears. Ann Rinaldi. Scholastic. c.1991.
J F C941W 1995 Who Killed My Daughter. Lois Duncan. Delacorte Press. c. 1992.
J F L955G 1996 The Giver. Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin. c. 1993.
J F C782D 1997 Driver's Ed.. Caroline B. Cooney. Delacorte Press. c. 1994.
J F C959M 1998 The Midwife's Apprentice. Karen Cushman. Harper Trophy
J F BUNTING 1996 1999 SOS Titanic. Eve Bunting. Harcourt Brace. c. 1996.
2000 The Taking of Room 114. Mel Glenn. Lodestar. c. 1997.
2001 Boxes. William Sleater. Dutton Books. c.
2002 Rewind. William Sleator. c.