Young Reader's Choice Awards: 2013

The YRCA is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association (rep. Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington; Alberta and British Columbia), the award was first established in 1940 by Harry Hartman, a book seller in Seattle. He believed that every child deserved the opportunity to read a book that gave them pleasure. Award nominations come from children, teachers, parents and librarians. 


Winners 

--The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion, reprint 2012) (age 10-14)
--Smile by Raina Tegemeir (Graphix, 2010) (age 8-12)
--Crazy by Han Nolan (HMH Books for Young Readers, reprint 2012) (Age 12 up)


Nominees:

Junior Division (12 under)
--13 Treasures – Michelle Harrison 
--Big Nate: In a Class by Himself – Lincoln Peirce
--Fatty Legs: A True Story – Christy Jordan-Fenton
--Lone Wolf – Kathryn Lasky
--The Lost Hero – Rick Riordan
--The Mysterious Howling – Maryrose Wood
--The Strange Case of Origami Yoda – Tom Angleberger
--Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer – John Grisham

Middle Division (mostly age 12 up)
--As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth – Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books, reprint 2012) 
--The Cardturner – Louis Sachar (Ember, reprint 2011)
--Halo – Alexandra Adornetto (Feiwel & Friends, 2010)
--Heist Society – Ally Carter (Disney-Hyperion, reprint 2011)
--The Red Pyramid – Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion, reprint 2011) (Age 10-4)
--The Second Trial – Rosemarie Boll (Second Story Press, 2010)
--Smile – Raina Telgemeier (Graphix, 2010) (age 8-12)
--Sorta Like a Rock Star: A Novel – Matthew Quick (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010)

Senior Division (teen)
--Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins, reprint 2011)
--Bruiser – Neal Shusterman (HarperTeen, reprint 2011)
--Crazy – Han Nolan (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2012)
--Matched – Ally Condie (Speak, reprint 2011)
--The Replacement – Brenna Yovanoff (Razorbill, 2010)
--Ship Breaker – Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, reprint 2011)
--Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green and David Levithan (Speak, reprint 2011)
--Winter Shadows: A Novel – Margaret Buffie (Tundra Books, reprint 2012)