Creature of the Pines
by Adam Gidwitz
Dragons and Marshmallowa
by Asia Citro
Field Guide (Spiderwick Cronicles, Book 1)
by Tony DeTerlizzi
The First Cat In Space Ate Pizza
by Mac Barnett
Goldie
by Ellen Miles
The Great Pet Heist
by Emily Ecton
Honey, the Dog Who Saved Abe Lincoln
by Shari Swanson
The Secret Zoo
by Bryan Chick
Third Grade Angels
by Jerry Spinelli
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
A Wolf Called Wander
by Rosanne Parry
365 Days To Alaska
by Cathy Carr
American Revolution: History Smashers
by Kate Messner
Breadcrumbs
by Anne Ursu
Bridge To Terabithia
by Katherine Peterson
Hoops
by Matt Tavares
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
by Dusti Bowling
The Lion of Mars
by Jennifer L. Holm
The Lost Library
by Rebecca Stead
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
A Rover's Story
by Jasmine Warga
The Superteacher Project
by Gordon Korman
Zeus: Water Rescue
by W. Bruce Cameron and Richard Cowdrey
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YRCA Nominees
2025 Official List
Junior Division (Grades 4-6)
Four Eyes
by Rex Ogle (GN)
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
by Beth Lincoln
A Horse Named Sky
by Rosanne Parry
The Grace of Wild Things
by Heather Fawcett (CDN)
The Moth-Keeper
by Kay O’Neill (GN)
The Chalice of the Gods
by Rick Riordan
The Otherwoods
by Justine Pucella Winans
The Firefly Summer
by Morgan Matson