1. 2011-2012 Grades 6-8 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice

2. What is the purpose of the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award ? to promote reading quality books to promote children's literature for children to honor authors

3. How do I participate in the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award? Attend a public or private school in Pennsylvania (or a certified home study program) Read or listen to at least three (3) of the books on the selected reading list VOTE by March 15 th

4. What happens to my Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice vote? Your librarian sends your vote to the committee. Your vote is added to the votes from the rest of the state. The winning book/author in each category is announced at our annual librarians conference each spring.

5. The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z by Kate Messner

6. The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby

7. Closed for the Season: A Mystery Story by Mary Downing Hahn

8. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

9. Hero by Mike Lupica

10. My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald

11. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Book 1: The Mysterious Howling by Marywood Rose

12. The Nine Pound Hammer by Jean Claude Bemis

13. On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline

14. Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes

15. The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow

16. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

17. School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari

18. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

19. Uprising by Margaret Haddix