My home state of Oregon has recently introduced the Oregon Reader’s Choice Awards, which let young people vote on the books they have read and consider to be award winners. This is the first year ever for the awards, and nominations have just been announced. While only students in Oregon can vote on the nominations, you may mat be interested in checking out the titles for reading in your book club. Here are the nominees:

Junior Division (grades 4-6)

Broach, Elise—Masterpiece
Haddix, Margaret Peterson—Found: Book 1 of Missing Series
Hale, Shannon & Dean—Rapunzel’s Revenge
Kibuishi —The Stonekeeper: Amulet 1
Law, Ingrid—Savvy
Look, Lenore—Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things
Lowry, Lois—The Willoughbys
Scieszka, Jon—Knucklehead

Intermediate Division (grades 7-9)

Anderson, Laurie Halse—Chains
Basye, Dale—Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go
Connor, Leslie—Waiting for Normal
Dowd, Siobhan—London Eye Mystery
Gaiman, Neil—The Graveyard Book
Pratchett, Terry—Nation
Smith, Roland—Elephant Run
Woodson, Jacqueline—After Tupac and D Foster

Senior Division (grades 10-12)

Cashore, Kristin—Graceling
Collins, Suzanne—Hunger Games
Doctorow, Cory—Little Brother
Green, John—Paper Towns
Hijuilos, Oscar—Dark Dude
Lockhart, E.—The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Myers, Walter Dean—Sunrise Over Fallujah
Pearson, Mary  E.—The Adoration of Jenna Fox

I’ve read Masterpiece, Savvy and The Adoration of Jenna Fox and know these are all great. My daughter Catherine loved Hunger Games. I look forward to checking out some of the other titles.