Young Reader's Choice Awards (YRCA)
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It’s the Young Reader’s Choice Awards! Started in 1940, YRCA is now sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association and spans across Canada and the United States. You read the books and you pick the winners!
Have you read an awesome book that you want to suggest for a future Young Reader’s Choice Award? Submit your suggestion!
How to vote?
See below for a link to vote online or come to the library to submit a paper ballot.
YRCA 2025 Winners
Junior Division (Grades 4-6): Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Intermediate Division (Grades 7-9): The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
Senior Division (Grades 10-12): I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
YRCA 2026 Nominees
- Four Eyes by Rex Ogle
- The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
- A Horse Named Sky by Rosanne Parry
- The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
- The Moth-Keeper by Kay O’Neill
- The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
- The Otherwoods by Justine Pucella Winans
- The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
- Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
- Dreamer by Akim Mliu
- Tegan and Sara: Junior High by Tegan Quin
- Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu
- The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
- Confessions of a Candy Snatcher by Phoebe Sinclair
- Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks
- What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- Powerless by Lauren Roberts
- Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban
- Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
- Danger and Other Unknown Risks by Ryan North
- Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
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