Books in California Young Reader Medal - Young Adult
This is the Young Adult category of the California Young Reader Medal, a student-voted award for high school readers. Winners are popular YA fiction, including dystopian and sci-fi series, historical fiction, and contemporary drama (e.g., Cinder, Red Queen, Scythe, Salt to the Sea). Best for ages 14-18.
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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With The Fire On High | Elizabeth Acevedo | Winner | Log In To Like |
2022
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The Fountains of Silence | Ruta Sepetys | Winner | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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All We Have Left | Wendy Mills | Winner | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Scythe | Neal Shusterman | Winner | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Written in the Stars | Aisha Saeed | Winner | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Salt To The Sea | Ruta Sepetys | Winner | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Red Queen | Victoria Aveyard | Winner | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Cinder | Marissa Meyer | Winner | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Fault In Our Stars | John Green | Winner | Log In To Like |
2014
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Divergent | Veronica Roth | Winner | Log In To Like |
2013
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Matched | Ally Condie | Winner | Log In To Like |
2012
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Graceling | Kristin Cashore | Winner | Log In To Like |
2011
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Winner | Log In To Like |
2010
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Sherman Alexie | Winner | Log In To Like |
2009
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Sold | Patricia McCormick | Winner | Log In To Like |
2008
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Private Peaceful | Michael Morpurgo | Winner | Log In To Like |
2007
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Shattering Glass | Gail Giles | Winner | Log In To Like |
2006
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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After | Francine Prose | Winner | Log In To Like |
2005
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Stormbreaker | Anthony Horowitz | Winner | Log In To Like |
2004
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Ties That Bind, Ties That Break | Lensey Namioka | Winner | Log In To Like |
2003
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Define Normal | Julie Anne Peters | Winner | Log In To Like |
2002
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Bad | Jean Ferris | Winner | Log In To Like |
2001
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Armageddon Summer | Jane Yolen | Winner | Log In To Like |
2000
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Breaking Boxes | A. M. Jenkins | Winner | Log In To Like |
1999
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Only Alien on the Planet | Kristen Randle | Winner | Log In To Like |
1998
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Ironman | Chris Crutcher | Winner | Log In To Like |
1997
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes | Chris Crutcher | Winner | Log In To Like |
1996
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Shadow of the Dragon | Sherry Garland | Winner | Log In To Like |
1995
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Downriver | Will Hobbs | Winner | Log In To Like |
1994
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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We All Fall Down | Robert Cormier | Winner | Log In To Like |
1993
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Silver Kiss | Annette Curtis Klause | Winner | Log In To Like |
1992
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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A Sudden Silence | Eve Bunting | Winner | Log In To Like |
1991
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Night Kites | M. E. Kerr | Winner | Log In To Like |
1990
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Izzy, Willy Nilly | Cynthia Voigt | Winner | Log In To Like |
1989
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Face at the Edge of the World | Eve Bunting | Winner | Log In To Like |
1988
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Interstellar Pig | William Sleator | Winner | Log In To Like |
1987
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Pursuit | Michael French | Winner | Log In To Like |
1986
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Darkangel | Meredith Pierce | Winner | Log In To Like |
1985
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Truth Trap | Frances Miller | Winner | Log In To Like |
1984
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Stranger with My Face | Lois Duncan | Winner | Log In To Like |
1983
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Summer of Fear | Lois Duncan | Winner | Log In To Like |
1981
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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A Summer to Die | Lois Lowry | Winner | Log In To Like |
1979
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Late Great Me | Sandra Scoppettone | Winner | Log In To Like |
1977
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Watership Down | Richard Adams | Winner | Log In To Like |