Book Report #2 Downriver Anastasis

The book that I am reading is called DOWNRIVER and the author is Will Hobbs. He has also written lots of other books and all of them are fiction. The book has 235 pages and the the awards that it has won are:

• Winner, California Young Reader Medal 
• Winner, Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Awards

Because the book has won 2 awards, I picked the most important one, which I think is Winner of the California Young Reader Medal. I think that this is the most prestigious award because it has it listed at the back of the book and all the other awards are just honors. The honors that were listed are:

• Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA) 
  
• ALA's “100 Best of the Best” Young Adult Books of the past 25 years
  
• ALA's “100 Best of the Best” Young Adult Books of the 20th Century 
  
• Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA) 
  
• Pick of the Lists, American Booksellers

The California Young Reader Medal works by Teachers and Librarians noting read or requested titles by kids. Children also recommend the titles of their favorite books to the teachers and the teachers submit it. After that, the California Young Reader Medal Committee read the suggested books and they discuss until they get to their final outcome.