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Cecelia Swetland
Media Specialist
530-347-3123

Congratulations Kennedy Taillon!
Kennedy broke the school AR record during the 2019-2020 school year. She ended the year with 8,193,559 words and 1214.0 points.
MILLION WORD EARNERS
Jenna Ives (2M), Kennedy Taillon(2M), Emily Heese (2M),
Mariska Watson (2M), Blake Adam, Isaac Anderson,
Yuliana Zepeda Silva, Daphne Eaton, Sadie Dorsey,
Brooke Webb, Isabelle Nicholson, Kylie Fiscus
AR TOP TEN
Kennedy Taillon
Jenna Ives
Mariska Watson
Emily Heese
Blake Adam
Isaac Anderson
Daphne Eaton
Kylie Fiscus
Sadie Dorsey
Brooke Webb
The Newbery Award is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.


2020 Medal Winner
New Kid by Jerry Craft




The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander
Scary Stories for Young Foxes
by Christian McKay Heidicker
Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga
Genisis Begins Again
by Alicia D. Williams
The California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state. California children nominate, read, and vote for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal.


The Detective's Assistant
by Kate Hannigan

The Losers Club
by Andrew Clements

The War I Finally Won
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Refugee
by Alan Gratz

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
by Firoozeh Dumas

When Friendship Followed Me Home
by Paul Griffin

Daughter of Deep Silence
by Carrie Ryan

The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas

Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
2020 Amazon’s Best children’s books/YA Books:
2020 American Library Association’s Notable Children's Books: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
2020 Bank Street’s Best Children's Books of the Year: https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/
2020 Children's Literature Assembly’s Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts: http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notables.html
2020 Cooperative Children’s Book Center Best Books of the year: https://content.schoolinsites.com/api/documents/e0ded5ce6c9540849f8bc31c486dd3c2.pdf
2020 Kirkus Young Readers: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/kirkus-prize-2020-the-young-readers-finalists/
2020 Michael L. Printz Award: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/michael-l-printz-award
2019 National Book Awards: https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2019/?cat=ypl
2020 Publisher’s Weekly Best Children's and YA: https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2020/middle-grade
2020 School Library Journal’s Best Books: https://www.slj.com/?page=best-books-2020
2020 William C. Morris Debut YA Award: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/william-c-morris-debut-ya-award
2020 Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Fiction: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2020-best-fiction-young-adults