2. Winner of the Young Reader’s
Choice Award 2013
Students voted for
The Lost Hero
by Rick Riordan
3. Young Reader’s Choice Award
2014
Students in grades 4-6 select the winner
You must listen to or read at least 2 of the books by April
15th in order to vote
Children all across the Pacific Northwest are reading these
books and participating in their YRCA program. (Alaska,
Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Washington and of course
Montana.)
This award was established in 1940 and continues today to
encourage kids to read fantastic literature from a variety of
genres.
4. Cabin Fever
by Jeff Kinney
School property has been
vandalized and Greg Heffley
swears he is innocent--sort of.
Just as the authorities are
about to pin him down, a freak
blizzard hits trapping the
Heffleys in their home and
leaving Greg to wonder
whether being stuck with his
family for the holidays really is
better than facing the
punishment he knows is
coming when the snow is
gone.
6. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
7. Answer: REALISTIC FICTION
Made up story
Humorous fiction
Characters are normal humans and
believable
Involves surprise and unexpected events
Involves exaggeration and nonsense
Takes place in modern times
The stories deal with believable family and
friend relationships
The setting is a real place
Everything that happens in the story could
really happen to anyone.
9. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Relates the stories of
twelve-year-old Ben, who
loses his mother and his
hearing in a short time
frame and decides to leave
his Minnesota home in
1977 to seek the father he
has never known in New
York City; and Rose, who
lives with her father but
feels compelled to search
for what is missing in her
life. Ben's story is told in
words; Rose's in pictures.
11. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
12. Answer: HISTORICAL FICTION
The setting is in the past
May include real people or events
from history, but the main characters
are fictional
Fictional main characters are used to
give a human perspective to
historical facts.
Imaginary events are based on
events of the past
Conflict may develop when the
character leaves a secure
environment and moves into the
unknown.
14. 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass
Shy, withdrawn Tara is
sent to stay with her
aunt, uncle, and cousin
in her parents'
hometown, where she
makes friends with an
elderly collector, who
seems to be trying to
give Tara a mysterious
message.
16. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
17. Answer: REALISTIC FICTION
Made up story
Characters are normal humans
and believable
Takes place in modern times
The stories deal with believable
family and friend relationships
The setting is a real place
Everything that happens in the
story could really happen to
anyone.
19. Middle School, Worst Years of My Life
by James Patterson
When Rafe Kane
enters middle school,
he teams up with his
best friend, "Leo the
Silent," to create a
game to make school
more fun by trying to
break every rule in the
school's code of
conduct.
21. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
22. Answer: REALISTIC FICTION
Made up story
Characters are normal humans
and believable
Takes place in modern times
The stories deal with believable
family and friend relationships
The setting is a real place
Everything that happens in the
story could really happen to
anyone.
23. Darth Paper Strikes Back
by Tom Angleberger
Harvey, upset when his
Darth Paper finger puppet
brings humiliation, gets
Dwight suspended, but
Origami Yoda asks
Tommy and Kellan, now
in seventh grade, to make
a new casefile to
persuade the School
Board to reinstate Dwight.
25. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
26. Answer: REALISTIC FICTION
Made up story
Characters are normal humans
and believable
Takes place in modern times
The stories deal with believable
family and friend relationships
The setting is a real place
Everything that happens in the
story could really happen to
anyone.
28. Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi
The lost city of Cielis is not
what they expected. While
part of her crew are taken
prisoner, Emily is forced to
fight for her life in a series of
tests that will determine which
young Stonekeeper will join
the Guardian Council which
governs Alledia. As the tests
continue, a terrible secret is
uncovered, one that will
change the heroes' lives
forever.
30. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
31. Answer: GRAPHIC NOVEL
Fantasy
Format is in comic-book style
Magical characters
Hero involved in a battle against strong odds.
Strange creatures such as wizards, dragons, elves,
mermaids, etc.
Stories include impossible events
Good vs. evil theme
Imaginary or mysterious setting
Characters are in a conflict against a supernatural
power
33. Big Nate Out Loud by Franklin Peirce
Contains reprints of
daily and Sunday "Big
Nate" comic strips that
follow the adventures
of eleven-year-old Nate
Wright.
35. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
36. Answer: GRAPHIC NOVEL
Format is in comic-book style
Realistic Fiction
Made up story
Characters are normal humans and believable
Takes place in modern times
The stories deal with believable family and friend
relationships
The setting is a real place
Everything that happens in the story could really
happen to anyone.
38. The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman
Thirteen-year-old Dan
Cahill and his older sister,
Amy, thought the search
for the thirty-nine clues
leading to the source of
their family's power was
over, but when Cahills
are kidnapped by the
Vespers, Amy and Dan
find themselves with only
a few days to fulfill a
bizarre ransom request
before their friends start
dying.
40. What genre is it?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Graphic Novel
Biography
Informational Text
Procedural Text
Poetry
Traditional Literature
41. Answer: REALISTIC FICTION
Exciting fast-paced plot
Made up story
Characters are normal humans and
believable
Unusual occurrence
Takes place in modern times
Contains clues for the reader to
follow the action
The stories deal with believable family and
friend relationships
Usually a crime has been
committed
The setting is a real place
Main character attempts to
discover “who dun-it” MYSTERY
Everything that happens in the story could
really happen to anyone.
Mystery