2017 California Young Reader Medal (Awarded by California Young Reader Medal Committee)

Awards List

Intermediate

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
(Nominee)
Liesl Shurtliff

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Nominee)
Chris Grabenstein

The Real Boy
(Nominee)
Anne Ursu

Middle School

Keeper of the Lost Cities
(Nominee)
Shannon Messenger

Hold Fast
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
(Nominee)
Julie T. Lamana

Picture Bk/Older Reader

Each Kindness
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Paper Son
(Nominee)
Helen Foster James

The Kite That Bridged Two tions
(Nominee)
Alexis O'Neill

Primary

Ribbit!
(Nominee)
Rodrigo Folgueira

It's an Orange Aardvark!
(Nominee)
Michael Hall

I'm My Own Dog
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
(Nominee)
Julia Sarcone-Roach

Young Adult

Kindness for Weakness
(Nominee)
Shawn Goodman

The Impossible Knife of Memory
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Red Queen
(Nominee)
Victoria Aveyard

Award Categories

High School

Intermediate

Middle School

Middle School/Junior High

Picture Books for Older Readers

Primary

Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

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