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Fast Friends

By Heather M. O'Connor
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila

• Short-listed, OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2021
• Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020

Not Me

By Elise Gravel

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020
• Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2020

Planet Hockey: First Star of the Game

By J. Torres
Illustrated by Tim Levins

• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2021
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2021

Dragon Assassin

By Arthur Slade

• Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2021
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2021

The Unteachables

By Gordon Korman

• Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2021
• Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction - Honour Book, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019

Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius #1)

Illustrated by Lissy Marlin
By Jess Keating

• Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020

The Candle and the Flame

By Nafiza Azad

• Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2020
• Short-listed, YALSA William C. Morris YA Debut Award, 2020
• Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020

Haunted: The House Next Door

By Joel A Sutherland

• Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

The Canadian Kids' Guide to Outdoor Fun

By Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila

• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
• Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019

Stand on the Sky

By Erin Bow

• Winner, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Text, 2019
• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
• Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2020
• Short-listed, IODE Canada Violet Downey Award, 2020
• Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Elsie MacGill

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2021
• Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019

Nibi's Water Song

By Sunshine Tenasco
Illustrated by Chief Lady Bird

• Short-listed, IODE Toronto Jean Throop Award, 2020
• Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2020

Bear for Breakfast

By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Jay Odjick

• Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ Award, 2020
• Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2019

It's Not All Rainbows

By Jessika von Innerebner
Illustrated by Jessika von Innerebner

• Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020

Finding Cooper

By Stacey Matson

• Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2020
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2020

Sparks!

By Ian Boothby
Illustrated by Nina Matsumoto

• Winner, Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, 2019
• Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2018

My Deal with the Universe

By Deborah Kerbel

• Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2020
• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2020
• Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

Don't Tell the Nazis

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

• Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
• Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2019
• Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

The Journey of Little Charlie

By Christopher Paul Curtis

• Winner, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2019
• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
• Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
• Short-listed, National Book Award, Young People's Literature Category, 2018
• Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2018
• Commended, School Library Journal Best Books, 2018
• Commended, Parents' Choice Award - Gold, 2018
• Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018
• Commended, New York Public Library Best Books, 2018
• Commended, The Horn Book Fanfare - Best Books , 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

Amazing Hockey Stories: P.K. Subban

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by D. A. Bishop

• Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2020

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

By Sabina Khan

• Short-listed, Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize (BC), 2020
• Short-listed, OLA White Pine Award, Fiction, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
• Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2019

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Tom Longboat

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2019
• Commended, TD Summer Reading Club - Top 10 Recommended Read, 2020
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2019

Keep Up, Katmai

By Pili Palm-Leis
Photographs by Barrett Hedges

• Commended, OLA Best Bets: Honourable Mention, 2019

Cross Fire: An Exo Novel

By Fonda Lee

• Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Haunted: Field of Screams

By Joel A Sutherland

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Fierce: Women Who Shaped Canada

By Lisa Dalrymple
Illustrated by Willow Dawson

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Haunted Canada 9: Scary True Stories

By Joel A Sutherland
Illustrated by Mark Savona

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

The Madman of Piney Woods (Scholastic Gold)

By Christopher Paul Curtis

• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2016
• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2014
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
• Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2015

Say Something!

By Peter H Reynolds

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Start a Club by Accident

By Julie Falatko
Illustrated by Colin Jack

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Will Giraffe Laugh?

By Hilary Leung

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Amazing Hockey Stories: Hayley Wickenheiser

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by D A Bishop

• Short-listed, OLA Yellow Cedar Award, Non-Fiction, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Underneath the Sidewalk

By Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Thomas Gibault

• Winner, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
• Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2019

The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem

By Kevin Sylvester
Illustrated by Britt Wilson

• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Don't Tell the Enemy

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
• Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2020
• Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2019
• Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

The Way Back Home

By Allan Stratton

• Winner, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
• Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2018
• Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
• Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Text, 2017
• Nominated, Carnegie Medal, UK, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017

The Winnowing

By Vikki VanSickle

• Winner, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
• Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
• Runner-up, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

Canadian Survival (Countdown to Danger)

By Jeff Szpirglas

• Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
• Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Ten Recommended Reads, 2019

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Viola Desmond

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

• Winner, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2019
• Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

Restart

By Gordon Korman

• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2018
• Runner-up, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
• Commended, Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year , 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017

Fox and Squirrel Help Out

By Ruth Ohi

• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
• Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

Picture the Sky

By Barbara Reid

• Winner, CBC Fan Choice Award, 2018
• Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017
• Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017

Mine!

By Natalie Hyde

• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
• Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

At the Pond

By Werner Zimmermann

• Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2018

The Vimy Oaks: A Journey to Peace

By Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Brian Deines

• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2019
• Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
• Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018
• Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017

Exo

By Fonda Lee

• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
• Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2018
• Short-listed, OLA White Pine Award, Fiction, 2018
• Nominated, Andrew Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, 2017
• Joint winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2018
• Commended, Oregon Spirit Book Award, YA Honour Book, 2018
• Commended, ALA Notable , Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018
• Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2017

Bounced

By Ted Staunton

• Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

The Heart's Song

By Gilles Tibo
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

• Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017

Amazing Hockey Stories: Connor McDavid

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by D A Bishop

• Nominated, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018

Summer's End

By Joel A Sutherland

• Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
• Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

Braids!

By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Dave Whamond

• Winner, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
• Winner, Reuben Award for Best Illustrated Book, National Cartoonists Society, 2017
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

I Am Canada: A Celebration

By Heather Patterson
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Illustrated by Barbara Reid
Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Illustrated by Danielle Daniel
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Illustrated by Ashley Spires
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Illustrated by Jeremy Tankard

• Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017
• Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2017
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

By Ruby Slipperjack

• Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
• Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
• Commended, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2016

Happy Dreamer

By Peter H Reynolds
By Peter H. Reynolds

• Nominated, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
• Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2018

Icarus Down

By James Bow

• Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2017
• Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
• Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
• Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016