California Young Reader Medal Winners Middle School

Awards List

2017

Keeper of the Lost Cities (Nominee)
Shannon Messenger

Oct-2012
/ Fantasy

Hold Fast (Nominee)
Blue Balliett

Mar-2013
/ General Fiction

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

Apr-2014
/ Historical

2016

Dogtag Summer (Nominee)
Elizabeth Partridge

Mar-2011
/ General Fiction

Doll Bones (Nominee)
Holly Black

May-2013
/ Mystery

Ghost Hawk (Nominee)
Susan Cooper

Sep-2013
/ Action Adventure

2015

The False Prince (Winner)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Apr-2012
/ Action Adventure

Bluefish (Nominee)
Pat Schmatz

Sep-2011
/ General Fiction

The False Prince (Nominee)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Apr-2012
/ Action Adventure

Chained (Nominee)
Lynne Kelly

May-2012
/ General Fiction

2014

Wonderstruck (Winner)
Brian Selznick

Sep-2011
/ General Fiction

One Crazy Summer (Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Feb-2010
/ General Fiction

2013

Out of My Mind (Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

Mar-2010
/ General Fiction

Wild Things (Nominee)
Clay Carmichael

May-2009
/ General Fiction

2012

Waiting for Normal (Nominee)
Leslie Connor

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

2011

Cracker! (Winner)
Cynthia Kadohata

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

Skulduggery Pleasant (Nominee)
Derek Landy

Apr-2007
/ Horror

Elijah of Buxton (Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Aug-2007
/ General Fiction

2010

Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 (Nominee)
Elisa Carbone

May-2006
/ Historical

The Wednesday Wars (Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Jun-2007
/ Historical

2009

Heat (Winner)
Mike Lupica

Apr-2006
/ General Fiction

Rules (Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Apr-2006
/ General Fiction

2008

Chicken Boy (Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Jun-2005
/ General Fiction

2007

Al Capone Does My Shirts (Winner)
Gennifer Choldenko

Apr-2004
/ Historical

2004

Flipped (Winner)
Wendelin Van Draanen

Oct-2001
/ Contemporary Romance

Fever 1793 (Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Sep-2000
/ Historical

2003

Esperanza Rising (Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Oct-2000
/ Historical

2002

Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy (Nominee)
Wendelin Van Draanen

Apr-1999
/ Mystery

2001

Among the Hidden (Winner)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sep-1998
/ Science Fiction

Sasquatch (Nominee)
Roland Smith

Jul-1999
/ General Fiction

2000

Ella Enchanted (Winner)
Gail Carson Levine

Sep-1998
/ Fantasy

1999

Jip: His Story (Nominee)
Katherine Paterson

Oct-1996
/ Historical

1998

The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 (Winner)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Oct-1995
/ General Fiction

Running Out of Time (Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Oct-1995
/ Mystery

1997

Steal Away Home (Nominee)
Lois Ruby

Sep-1994
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

High School

Intermediate

Middle School

Middle School/Junior High

Picture Books for Older Readers

Primary

Young Adult

Award Years