Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program
1996-1997
The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a Florida statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8.  Students vote for their favorite book from a list of selected titles.

Winners:

Grades 3-5

Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting

Grades 6-8

Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting


Reading List:

Grades 3-5

Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting

Donavan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross

Sable by Karen Hesse

The Richest Kids in Town by Peg Kehret

Shadows in the Water by Kathryn Lasky

Rude Rowdy Rumors by Elizabeth Levy

Slam Dunk Saturday by Jean Marzollo

Earthquake in the Third Grade by Laurie Myers

The Grand Escape by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Escape from Fire Mountain by Gary Paulsen

Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns by Mary Quattlebaum

The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone With the Terrible Rupes by Willow Davis Roberts

Backyard Dragon by Betsy and Samuel Sterman

Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But... by Elvira Woodruff

The Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright
Grades 6-8

Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting

The Boggart by Susan Cooper

An Island Far From Home by John Donahue

Switching Well by Peni R. Griffin

Someone to Count On by Patricia Hermes

Beardance by Will Hobbs

Shadows in the Water by Kathryn Lasky

Cheater, Cheater by Elizabeth Levy

Someone Was Watching by David Patneaude

Cat Running by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Absolutely True Story... How I Visited Yellowstone With the Terrible Rupes by Willow Davis Roberts

Backyard Dragon by Betsy and Samuel Sterman

Cattail Moon by Jean Thesman

The Magnificent Mummy Maker by Elvira Woodruff

The Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright

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