Pleasant Grove Middle School - California Young Readers

California Young Readers

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2013 - 2014 Winners

Intermediate

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

Middle School/Jr. High

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Young Adult

Divergent by Veronica Roth

2014 - 2015 Winners

Intermediate

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Middle School/Jr. High

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Young Adult

The Fault in Our Stars John Green

2015 - 2016 Winners

Intermediate

A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean

Middle School/Jr. High

Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge

Young Adult

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

2016 - 2017 Winners

Intermediate
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Middle School/Jr. High
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
Young Adult
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

2017 - 2018 Winners

Intermediate

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Middle School/Jr. High

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Young Adult

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

2018 - 2019 Winners

Intermediate

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Middle School/Jr. High

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Young Adult
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

2019 - 2020 Winners

Intermediate

The War I finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Middle School/Jr. High

Refugee by Alan Gratz
Young Adult
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

2020 - 2021 Winners

Intermediate

Restart by Gordon Korman
Middle School/Jr. High

Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart

Young Adult

All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

2021 - 2022 Winners

Intermediate

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Middle School/Jr. High

The Jigsaw Jungle by Kristin Levine

Young Adult

The Fountain of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

2022 - 2023 Winners

Intermediate

The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

Middle School/Jr. High

Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

Young Adult
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

2023 - 2024 Nominees

Intermediate

We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey

A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese

Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
Middle School/Jr. High

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Alone by Megan E. Freeman
Young Adult
Where I Belong by Marcia Argueta Mickelson

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

2024 - 2025 Nominees

Intermediate

Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

New From Here by Kelly Yang

Middle School/Jr. High

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
Young Adult

Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer Niven

Love in English by Maria Andreu

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys