Mountain Laurel Book Award

The purpose of the Mountain Laurel Book Award Program is to promote reading of quality books by young people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to encourage teacher / librarian collaboration in young adult and children’s literature, and to honor authors whose works have been recognized by the students of Pennsylvania.


Please click the links below for more detailed information about the Mountain Laurel Book Award Program.

Mountain Laurel Book Award Website

Formerly known as the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

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 and Gabriela Epstein


Young Adult

Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood