May 10, 2024, By Library Staff in Book Awards.
The votes are in!
The winners of the 2024 Young Reader’s Choice Award are:
- Junior Division: Unplugged by Gordon Korman
- Intermediate Division: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
- Senior Division: Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
- Unplugged by Gordon Korman
- Pony by R. J. Palacio
- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
- Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
- The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody
- Starfish by Lisa Fipps
- The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
- Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
- Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
- The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
- A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
- Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan
- Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton (multiple authors)
- Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
- Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
- You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus
- Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
See the full list of winners and runners up at PNLA’s official announcement.
The Young Reader’s Choice Award is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) for young readers in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Alberta, and British Columbia. It was first established in 1940, making it the longest-running—and only US-Canada international—children’s choice book award. Learn more at pnla.org.
Readers in grades 4-6 voted for nominees in the Junior Division, 7-9th graders voted on books in the Intermediate Division, and 10-12th graders voted on books in the Senior Division. See below for the full list of 2024 nominees.
Junior Division Nominees
Intermediate Division Nominees
Senior Division Nominees
