Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards announced

The State Library of Louisiana announced the results of the 2017-2018 Louisiana Readers’ Choice Awards, which include a chapter book following the adventures of two hilarious pranksters, a graphic novel exploring the awkward middle school years and a Young Adult fantasy/dystopia featuring a powerful queen. With the program in its 19th year, Louisiana’s young people read more than 73,597 books and cast 24,749 votes.

Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Grades 3-5 Winner:

The Terrible Two (Abrams) by Mac Barnett & Jory John, illustrated by Kevin Cornell

 

Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Grades 6-8 Winner:

Awkward (Yen Press) by Svetlana Chmakova

Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice Grades 9-12 Winner:

Red Queen (HarperTeen) by Victoria Aveyard

Honor titles include Ellie’s Story (Starscape) by W. Bruce Cameron for the grade 3-5 list, Backlash (Scholastic) by Sarah Darer Littman for the grade 6-8 list, and All American Boys (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books) by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely for the teen list. Winners are selected from diverse booklists chosen by committees of school and public librarians statewide, and many students cast their ballots on voting machines supplied by the Secretary of State’s Voter Outreach Division.

An awards ceremony for honored book authors will be held at the Louisiana Book Festival on Saturday, Nov. 10, in Baton Rouge. For more information about the program, including previous winners, how to participate, and additional resources such as free bookmarks, posters, study guides, etc., visit www.state.lib.la.us.

Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.