Nevada Library Association

Nevada Young Readers' Award
Past Winners

Primary Category/Picture Book Category

1988, The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
1989, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
1990, Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
1991, We're Back: A Dinosaur Story by Hudson Talbot
1992, Call of the Wolves by Jim Murphy
1993, The Dog Who Had Kittens by Polly Robertus
1994, Look Out Patrick by Paul Geraghty
1995, Moe the Dog In Tropical Paradise by Diane Stanley
1996, Coyote Steals the Blanket: a Ute Tale by Janet Stevens
1997, Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen
1998, Secret Shortcuts by Mark Teague
1999, Just Another Ordinary Day by Rod Clement
2000, John Willy and Freddy McGee by Holly Meade
2001, Mouse, Look Out! by Judy Waite
2002, Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
2003, Hoodwinked by Arthur Howard
2004, I Stink! by Kate McMullan
2005, Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
2006, My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
2007, Arrowhawk by Lola M. Schaefer
2008, Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini
2009, Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley
2010, Chester by Melanie Watts
2011, Two Bobbies: a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery
2012, I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll & Howard McWilliam, illustrator

Young Reader Category

1993, Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume
1994, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
1995, The Boys Started the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1996, Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth by Barbara Park
1997, Shape Changer by Bill Brittain
1998, Tarot Says Beware by Betsy Byars
1999, Frindle by Andrew Clements
2000, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
2001, Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks
2002, Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe by Judy Cox
2003, The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
2004, The Edison Mystery by Dan Gutman
2005, The Stranger Next Door by Peg Kehret
2006, Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
2007, Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
2008, Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
2009, Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
2010, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kare DiCamillo
2011, Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
2012, Stolen Children by Peg Kehret

Intermediate Category

1988, Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements
1989, Babysitting is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts
1990, There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
1991, My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
1992, Matilda by Roald Dahl
1993, Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
1994, Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor
1995, Flight #116 is Down by Caroline Cooney
1996, Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowry Nixon
1997, Loch by Paul Zindel
1998, Crash by Jerry Spinelli
1999, The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
2000, Virtually Perfect by Dan Gutman
2001, Among the Hidden by Margaret P. Haddix
2002, Hostage by Willo Davis Roberts
2003, Zach's Lie by Roland Smith
2004, Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
2005, Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen
2006, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
2007, Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith
2008, Magyk by Angie Sage
2009, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
2010, Unwind by Neal Shusterman
2011, Stepping Up by Mark Fink
2012, Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman

Young Adult Category

1989, Locked in Time by Lois Duncan
1990, Experiment in Terror by Bernal C. Payne, Jr.
1991, Princess Ashley by Richard Peck
1992, Whispers from the Dead by Joan Lowry Nixon
1993, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
1994, Plague Year by Stephanie Tolan
1995, The Giver by Lois Lowry
1996, Winners and Losers by Stephen Hoffius
1997, Shadow by Joyce Sweeney
1998, Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velda
1999, Tangerine by Edward Bloor
2000, Gallows Hill by Lois Duncan
2001, Hero by S.L. Rottman
2002, Burning Up by Caroline Cooney
2003, Touching Bear Spirit by Ben Mikaelsen
2004, Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
2005, The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2006, Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
2007, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
2008, Uglies by Scott Westerfield
2009, Peak by Roland Smith
2010, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2011, Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers
2012, The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd: Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer