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−	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?crossover+kwame '''Crossover'''] by Kwame Alexander	+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?all+the+answers+messner '''All the Answers'''] by Kate Messner
		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?brotherhood+westrick '''Brotherhood'''] by Anne Westrick
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?crossover+kwame ''' The Crossover'''] by Kwame Alexander
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?echo+ryan '''Echo'''] by Pam Munoz Ryan
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?eighth+day+salerni '''The Eighth Day'''] by Dianne K. Salerni
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?fort+defelice '''Fort'''] by Cynthia DeFelice
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?paper+cowboy+levine '''The Paper Cowboy'''] by Kristin Levine
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?red+madness '''Red Madness'''] by Gail Jarrow
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?screaming+staircase '''The Screaming Staircase'''] by Jonathan Stroud
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		+	*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?thickety+a+path+begins '''The Thickety: A Path Begins'''] by J.A. White
	=== High School Selections (grades 10 - 12)===		=== High School Selections (grades 10 - 12)===

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Article in Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Award Winners categories.

Purpose

To encourage young readers to become better acquainted with contemporary books with outstanding literary appeal, to broaden students’ awareness of literature as a life-long pleasure, to encourage reading aloud in classrooms as a means of introducing reading for pleasure, and to honor favorite books and their authors.

2016 - 2017

Primary Selections (grades K - 3)

• Creature Features by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

• Found by Salina Yoon

• I Yam a Donkey by Cece Bell

• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

• Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg! by Steven Weinburg

• Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton

• Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier

• This Book Just Ate My Dog by Richard Byrne

• What Do You Do With an Idea by Kobi Yamada

• Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman

Elementary Selections (grades 3 - 5)

• Dash by Kirby Larson

• The Fourteenth Goldfish bu Jennifer L. Holm

• Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares

• Jack Strong Takes a Stand by Tommy Greenwald

• The Lion Who Stole My Arm by Nicola Davies

• Map Trap by Andrew Clements

• Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis

• Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins

• The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John

• The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye

Middle School Selections (grades 6 - 9)

• All the Answers by Kate Messner

• Brotherhood by Anne Westrick

• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

• Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

• The Eighth Day by Dianne K. Salerni

• Fort by Cynthia DeFelice

• The Paper Cowboy by Kristin Levine

• Red Madness by Gail Jarrow

• The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

• The Thickety: A Path Begins by J.A. White

High School Selections (grades 10 - 12)

2015 - 2016

Primary Selections (grades K - 3)

• The Cart That Carried Martin by Eve Bunting

• Eat Like A Bear by April Pulley Sayre

• Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons by John Muth

• The Invisible by Trudy Ludwig

• Lion vs Rabbit by Alex Latimer

• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

• Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

• Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrants Tale by Duncan Tonatiuh

• The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty

• Sparky! by Jenny Offill

Elementary Selections (grades 3 - 5)

• Bowling Alley Bandit by Laurie Keller

• Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year by Bill Harley

• Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee

• Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

• Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber

• Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse by Tamara Will Wissinger

• Hoop Genius: How A Desperate Teacher and A Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy

• Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle

• Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

• The Show Must Go On! by Kate Klise

Middle School Selections (grades 6 - 9)

• The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

• Counting By 7s by Holly Sloan

• Half A Chance by Cynthia Lord

• The President Has Been Shot by James L. Swanson

• Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

• Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine

• Shadow by Michael Morpurgo

• Twerp by Mark Goldblatt

• Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald

• Zero Tolerance by Claudia Mills

High School Selections (grades 10 - 12)

• Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

• Fake ID by Lamar Giles

• Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

• I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

• March: Book One by John Lewis

• Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

• Reality Boy by A.S. King

• The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

• Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

2014 - 2015

Primary Selections (grades K - 3)

• Again! by Emily Gravett

• Brief Thief by Michaël Escoffier

• Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger

• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

• Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack

• Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore

• MoWillems Presents: That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems

• My First Day by Steve Jenkins

• Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

• This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers

Elementary Selections (grades 3 - 5)

• Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet

• Capture the Flag by Kate Messner

• Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

• Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski

• My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian

• The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors

• The Secret Chicken Society by Judy Cox

• The TempletonTwins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner

• Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

• When Life Gives You O.J. by Erica S. Perl

Middle School Selections (grades 6 - 9)

• Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

• Cinder by Marissa Meyer

• Drama by Rania Telgemeier

• Endangered by Eliot Schrefer

• How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg

• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

• On the Day I Died: Stories From the Grave by Candace Fleming

• One For the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

• Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

• Ungifted by Gordon Korman

High School Selections (grades 10 - 12)

• The Archived by Victoria Schwab

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

• Boy21 by Matthew Quick

• Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore

• Every Day by David Levithan

• Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick

• My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel by Derf Backderf

• Never Fall Down: A Boy Soldier's Story of Survival by Patricia McCormick

• The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost

• Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

2013 - 2014

Primary Selections (grades K - 3)

• Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

• The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray

• Oh, No, George! by Chris Haughton

• Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner

• Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas

• Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

• Swirl By Swirl: Spirals In Nature by Joyce Sidman

• These Hands by Margaret H. Mason

• Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen

• A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns by Woop Studios

Elementary Selections (grades 3 - 5)

• 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel (Divided By) One Dog = Chaos by Vivian Vande Velde

• Fractions = Trouble! by Claudia Mills

• Ghost Buddy: Zero To Hero by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

• Hound Dog True by Linda Urban

• The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies

• My Invisible Sister by Beatrice Colin

• The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

• Star In the Forest by Laura Resau

• Waiting For the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan

• The Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain

Middle School Selections (grades 6 - 9)

• The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

• Hidden by Helen Frost

• A Long Walk To Water: Based On A True Story: A Novel by Linda Sue Park

• Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt

• Quarterback Season: A Fred Bowen Sprots Story by Fred Bowen

• Storm Runners by Roland Smith

• The Summer I Learned To Fly by Dana Reinhardt

• Wonder by R.J. Palacio

• Wonderstruck: A Novel In Words And Pictures by Brian Selznick

• You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) by Jacqueline Davies

High School Selections (grades 10 - 12)

• Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

• Choker by Elizabeth Woods

• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene

• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

• Oogy: A Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

• Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman

• This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel