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CONTACT:
Cecelia Swetland
Media Specialist
530-347-3123
MILLION WORD EARNERS
Jeremie Pilominos (5M), Jenna Ives (4M), Sky Parks (3M), Mariah Ostlund (2M), Riley Borden (2M), Madeline Benton (2M), Parker Iles, Jocelyn Ascencio, Joseph Berry, Alexander Orendorff, Harmonie Huddleston, Waylon Knight, Erik Fuller, Kahne Tarter, Angeline Ascencio, Honora Hillyard, Taitym Imlach, Abigail Smith, Beckett Sprague, Eva Sprague, Hunter Frye, Kansas Bushman, Wyatt Perkovich, Noelani Gayagas-Reyes
2023
Honor Books
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.
CYRM 2024
Middle School/Jr High
WINNER
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Alone by Megan E. Freeman
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Intermediate
WINNER
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese
We're not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
Book Recommendations and Award Winner Websites
2023 Amazon’s Best children’s books/YA Books:
https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_BOTMKT21_1a1_w?node=17296238011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&pf_rd_r=NMAMJJBVFS9PK99XT8K0&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=838153ea-dec2-4410-98e0-0b01c152aea7&pf_rd_i=17296227011
2024 American Library Association’s Notable Children's Books:https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
2023 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/edition/
2023 Children's Literature Assembly’s Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts:https://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notables.html
2023 Cooperative Children’s Book Center Best Books of the year:
https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/wxti39l6ew9hk10k46kjorp14z9xmrp2
2023 Kirkus Young Readers:https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/kirkus-prize-2023-young-readers-lit-finalists/
2023 National Book Awards:https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2023/
2023 Publisher’s Weekly Best Children's and YA: https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2023
2023 School Library Journal’s Best Books: https://www.slj.com/page/best-books-2023
2023 Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Fiction: https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2023-best-fiction-young-adults