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Mountain Laurel Book Award
formerly Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
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The Mountain Laurel Book Award (formerly Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award) is sponsored by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. The purpose of the award is to promote the reading of quality books by young people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to promote teacher and librarian involvement in children's and young adult literature, and to honor authors whose works have been recognized by the students of Pennsylvania.
2024-2025 Winners
Kindergarten-Grade 3
Butt or Face? Can You Tell Which End You're Looking At? by Kari Lavalle
Grades 3-6
Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to be Wild, by Margarita Engle
Grades 6-8
Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Young Adult
Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood
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