Awards Shortlist

Sunburst Young-Adult Shortlist

  • The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (Doubleday Canada)
  • Dingo by Charles de Lint (Viking)
  • Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor)
  • Wild Talent: A Novel of the Supernatural by Eileen Kernaghan (Thistledown Press)
  • Night Runner by Max Turner (HarperTrophy)

Jury's Recommended Reading

The jury felt that the following YA works merited Honourable Mention

  • Feather Brain by Maureen Bush
  • Watching July by Christine Hart
  • Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
  • Far by Carol Matas
  • Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival by Arthur Slade
  • Shadow Town by Duncan Thornton
  • The Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier by Laura Trunkey

Bolen Books Prize Shortlist

  • Penny Draper, Graveyard of the Sea (Coteau Books)
  • Sarah N. Harvey, The Lit Report (Orca Book Publishers)
  • Julie Lawson, Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me (Scholastic Canada)

Trillium Awards
French Children's Literature Award Shortlist

  • Michèle Laframboise, La Quête de Chaaas, tome 1 (Éditions Médiaspaul)
  • Françoise Lepage, Les chercheurs d'étoiles (Éditions L'Interligne)
  • Paul Prud'Homme, Les Rebuts: Hockey 2 (Éditions du Vermillon)

    • Prix TD de Littérature Canadienne pour L'Enfance et la Jeunesse Shortlist

  • Anne Villeneuve, Chère Traudi (Éditions Les 400 coups)
  • Angèle Delaunois and Christine Delezenne, illus., La Clé (Éditions de l'Isatis)
  • Jacques Pasquet and Pierre Pratt, illus., L'Etoile de Sarajevo (Éditions Dominique et compagnie)
  • Carole Tremblay and Steve Beshwaty, illus., Le Nouveau Parapluie de Floup (Éditions Imagine)
  • Rogé, La Vraie Histoire de Léo Pointu (Éditions Dominique et compagnie)