YRCA books. 40,000 votes. Who will win? You decide!
YRC-What?!
The oldest children’s choice award in North America Started in 1940 by Harry Hartman, a publisher in Seattle Alaska, Washington, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and Alberta Divided into three sections: Junior (Gr. 4-6) Intermediate (Gr. 7-9) Senior (Gr ) Young Reader’s Choice Award
How are books nominated? Students, teachers, parents, and librarians can nominate titles for YRCA but only kids decide what titles are on the short list and the winners! Nominated titles must have been published 3 years before the award year The nominees list are published in March and voting begins the following April
Picked it. Read it. Loved it. Where do I vote?
Voting You need to read or listen to at least two titles in a division to vote in that division. Use your trading cards to remember your favourite books! Submit your votes online in April at your school or at your public library branch. You could win a Skype visit from a nominated author!
Library staff will be visiting in March to remind schools about voting, trading cards and all the great resources at the library! We’ll be back!
Last year’s winners Junior Division Cabin Fever – Jeff Kinney Intermediate Division The Son of Neptune – Rick Riordan Senior Division Divergent – Veronica Roth 40,511 Students voted – 20,793 from Edmonton!
Previous winners…
Junior Division
“You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.” Wonder – R.J. Palacio Also available: eBook Audiobook
“The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis.” Ungifted – Gordon Korman Also available: Audiobook
“Some animals live privately, unwatched, but that is not my life.” The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“It’s anyone’s guess who will actually survive Expedition Survival.” Chomp – Carl Hiaasen Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“Boredom kills,” Mo suggests as Mr. Jesse’s cause of death. “I’ve had close brushes myself, during math.” Three Times Lucky – Sheila Turnage Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“Stories speak of the storyteller.” Starry River of the Sky – Grace Lin Also available: eBook Audiobook
“Why would someone say something was stolen when it was never theirs to begin with?” Who Could That Be at This Hour? – Lemony Snicket Also available: Audiobook Large Print
Who Could That Be at This Hour? – Lemony Snicket
“Once upon a time my life was normal. Then a mirror in our basement ate us.” Fairest of All – Sarah Mlynowski Also available: eBook eAudiobook
Intermediate Division
“Keep it professional.” Drama – Raina Telgemeier
“How can things ever get better when your world's been turned upside down?” The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen – Susin Nielsen-Fernlund Also available: eBook
“I've been waiting for you a long time, Alina" He said. "You and I are going to change the world.” Shadow and Bone – Leigh Bardugo Also available: eBook
“She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.” Son – Lois Lowry Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“How far is too far to go for your only friend?” Liar and Spy – Rebecca Stead Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“It’s a story with no end in sight. And, like it or not, you’re in it.” Bomb: The Race to Build, and Steal, the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon – Steve Sheinkin Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time.” Cinder – Marissa Meyer Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either you’re his true love... or you killed him.” The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
Senior Division
“That’s the things about pain. It demands to be felt.” The Fault in Our Stars – John Green Also available: eBook Audiobook
“The games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make us what we become.” Dodger – Terry Pratchett Also available: Audiobook eAudiobook
”There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will.” Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein Also available: Audiobook
“Princes don’t come around every day, and happy endings don’t grow on trees.” Between The Lines – Jodi Picoult Also available: Audiobook eAudiobook
“I want to have the heart and mind of a queen,” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But I’m only pretending. I can’t find the feeling of it inside me.” Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore Also available: eBook
“I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.” Seraphina – Rachel Hartman Also available: Audiobook eAudiobook
“True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.” The Selection – Kiera Cass Also available: eBook eAudiobook
“Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?” Grave Mercy – Robin LaFevers Also available: eBook eAudiobook Audiobook
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