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California Young Reader Medal - Intermediate (Awarded by California Young Reader Medal Committee)

Awards List

2023

The Lion of Mars
(Winner)
Jennifer L. Holm

Gold Rush Girl
(Nominee)
Avi

The Canyon's Edge
(Nominee)
Dusti Bowling

The Lion of Mars
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

2022

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
(Winner)
Dan Gemeinhart

Wishtree
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

Other Words for Home
(Nominee)
Jasmine Warga

2021

Restart
(Winner)
Gordon Korman

Save Me a Seat
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

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

2020

The War I Finally Won
(Winner)
Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

The Detective's Assistant
(Nominee)
Kate Hannigan

The Losers Club
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

2019

The War That Saved My Life
(Winner)
Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

Fish in a Tree
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Crenshaw
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

2018

A Night Divided
(Winner)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Tesla's Attic
(Nominee)
Neal Shusterman

Dash
(Nominee)
Kirby Larson

Ms. Rapscott's Girls
(Nominee)
Elise Primavera

Pax
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

2017

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

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

The Real Boy
(Nominee)
Anne Ursu

2016

True (. . . Sort Of)
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

Wildwood
(Nominee)
Colin Meloy

A Dog Called Homeless
(Nominee)
Sarah Lean

2015

Wonder
(Winner)
R.J. Palacio

Wild Wings
(Nominee)
Gill Lewis

Tuesdays at the Castle
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

Wonder
(Nominee)
R.J. Palacio

2014

The Unwanteds
(Winner)
Lisa McMann

A Nest for Celeste
(Nominee)
Henry Cole

2013

Eleven
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

2012

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
(Winner)
Danette Haworth

Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
(Nominee)
Lenore Look

The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

2011

Zorgamazoo
(Winner)
Robert Paul Weston

2010

No Talking
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

A Friendship for Today
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

2009

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Clementine
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

2008

Worth
(Nominee)
A. La Faye

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

2007

Christopher Mouse
(Winner)
William Wise

A Week in the Woods
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Ida B
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

2004

The School Story
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

2002

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

2001

Honus & Me
(Winner)
Dan Gutman

The Great Turkey Walk
(Nominee)
Kathleen Karr

2000

Riding Freedom
(Winner)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Frindle
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

1998

The Fear Place
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Poppy
(Nominee)
Avi

1997

The Best School Year Ever
(Nominee)
Barbara Robinson

1996

Time for Andrew
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

Award Categories

High School

Intermediate

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Picture Books for Older Readers

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