2021 California Young Reader Medal (Awarded by California Young Reader Medal Committee)

Awards List

Intermediate

Restart
(Winner)
Gordon Korman

Save Me a Seat
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
(Nominee)
Karina Yan Glaser

Middle/Junior High

Lily and Dunkin
(Winner)
Donna Gephart

Hope in the Holler
(Nominee)
Lisa Lewis Tyre

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
(Nominee)
Jonathan Auxier

Primary

Poor Louie
(Winner)
Tony Fucile

Madeline Finn and the Library Dog
(Nominee)
Lisa Papp

After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
(Nominee)
Dan Santat

Alfie: The Turtle That Disappeared
(Nominee)
Thyra Heder

The Day You Begin
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Young Adult

All We Have Left
(Winner)
Wendy Mills

The Bitter Side of Sweet
(Nominee)
Tara Sullivan

Long Way Down
(Nominee)
Jason Reynolds

Award Categories

High School

Intermediate

Middle School

Middle School/Junior High

Picture Books for Older Readers

Primary

Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

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