2020 California Young Reader Medal Winners

Awards List

Intermediate

The War I Finally Won (Winner)
Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

Oct-2017
/ Historical

The Detective's Assistant (Nominee)
Kate Hannigan

Apr-2015
/ Historical

The Losers Club (Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Aug-2017
/ General Fiction

Middle/Junior High

Refugee (Winner)
Alan M. Gratz

Jul-2017
/ Historical

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel (Nominee)
Firoozeh Dumas

May-2016
/ General Fiction

When Friendship Followed Me Home (Nominee)
Paul Griffin

Jun-2016
/ General Fiction

Picture Bk/Older Reader

Lillian's Right to Vote (Nominee)
Jonah Winter; Shane Evans

Jul-2015
/ Literary

Malala's Magic Pencil (Nominee)
Malala Yousafzai

Mar-2019
/ General Fiction

Primary

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors (Winner)
Drew Daywalt

Apr-2017
/ General Fiction

Let Me Finish! (Nominee)
Minh Le

Jun-2016
/ General Fiction

The Highest Mountain of Books in the World (Nominee)
Rocio Bonilla

Jul-2016
/ General Fiction

The Bad Seed (Nominee)
Jory John; Pete Oswald

Sep-2017
/ General Fiction

Can I Be Your Dog? (Nominee)
Troy Cummings

Mar-2018
/ General Fiction

Young Adult

Scythe (Winner)
Neal Shusterman

Nov-2016
/ Action Adventure

Daughter of Deep Silence (Nominee)
Carrie Ryan

May-2015
/ Action Adventure

The Hate U Give (Nominee)
Angie Thomas

Mar-2017
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

High School

Intermediate

Middle School

Middle School/Junior High

Picture Books for Older Readers

Primary

Young Adult

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

2020 California Young Reader Medal (Awarded by California Young Reader Medal Committee)

Awards List

Intermediate

Middle/Junior High

Picture Bk/Older Reader

Primary

Young Adult

Award Categories

Award Years