For Immediate Release
April 15, 2003
The Canadian Library Association Announces 2003 Book Awards
Nominees
The Canadian Association of Children's Librarians and the Young Adult
Special Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association are pleased
to announce the nominees for their book awards for young people. Winners
and honour titles for 2003 will be announced at the Book Awards
Reception at the joint Canadian Library Association/ American Library
Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario on June 21, 2003.
Young Adult Canadian Book Award
The Blue Roan Child
by Jamieson Findlay
Toronto: Double Day Canada
The Loser's Club
by John Lekich
Toronto: Annick Press
Losing Forever
by Gayle Friesen
Toronto: Kids Can Press
The Lottery
by Beth Goobie
Victoria: Orca Book Publishers
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
by Martha Brooks
Toronto: Groundwood Books
The Maze
by Monica Hughes
Toronto: HarperCollins Canada
Parvana's Journey
by Deborah Ellis
Toronto: Groundwood Books
Shoulder the Sky
by Leslie Choyce
Toronto: Boardwalk Books/The Dundurn Group
Search of the Moon King's Daughter
by Linda Holeman
Toronto: Tundra Books
Sticks and Stones
by Beth Goobie
Victoria: Orca Book Publishers
Tribes
by Arthur Slade
Toronto: HarperCollins Canada
This year's committee chairs are:
Book of the Year for Children Award
Colleen Stewart, Greater Victoria Public Library
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Medal
Reesa Cohen, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Rena Bartsch, Saskatoon Public Library
