Bluefish. Pat Schmatz. (Sommerville, MA: Candlewick, 2011). Chained. Lynne Kelly(NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2012). The
CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL 2014-2015 NOMINEES Primary City Dog, Country Frog. Mo Willems and John J. Muth, illus. (NY: Hyperion Books for Children, 2010) Exclamation Mark! Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld, illus. (NY: Scholastic Press, 2013) Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I Don’t). Barbara Bottner and Michael Emberley, illus. (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010) Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit. Chris Van Dusen (Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2012) Too Tall Houses. Giana Marino. (NY: Viking Press, 2012)
Intermediate Tuesdays at the Castle. Jessica Day George. (NY: Random House, 2010) Wild Wings. Gill Lewis and Yuta Onada, illus. (NY: Antheneum, 2011) Wonder. R.J. Palacio. (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012)
Middle School/Junior High Bluefish. Pat Schmatz. (Sommerville, MA: Candlewick, 2011) Chained. Lynne Kelly(NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2012) The False Prince. Jennifer A. Nielsen. (NY: Scholastic, 2012)
Young Adult Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Laini Taylor. (NY: Little, Brown, 2011) The Fault in Our Stars. John Green. (NY: Delacorte Press, 2010) Legend. Marie Lu. (NY: Penguin, 2011)
Picture Books for Older Readers Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Team. Audrey Vernick and Steven Salerno, illus. (Boston, MA: Clarion, 2012) The Camping Trip that Changed America: Thedodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks. Barb Rosenstock and Mordicai Gerstein, illus. (NY: Dial Books for Young People, 2012) These Hands. Margaret H. Mason and Floyd Cooper, illus. (Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, 2010)
