The shortlist for the 2013 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards has been announced! Tundra would like to congratulate Ellen Schwartz, Shane Peacock, and the following authors:
The Case of the Missing Deed
Written by Ellen Schwartz
Hardcover | 200 pages | Ages 8-11
ISBN: 978-0-88776-959-7
eBook: 978-1-77049-267-7
“…This fast-paced mystery is filled with hidden clues and codes and believable, likable characters. It is a book that families could read together after cooking up one of the recipes.” – School Library Journal
The Dragon Turn: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Fifth Case
Written by Shane Peacock
Hardcover | 240 pages | Ages 10-14
ISBN: 978-1-77049-231-8
eBook: 978-1-77049-273-8
“…Shane Peacock delivers another intriguing novel exploring the boy detective…. His Sherlock is a penniless but resourceful young man living with an eccentric apothecary who encourages his curiosity and his powers of observation … the Canadian-made Sherlock has a real feeling for Victorian London.” – Winnipeg Free Press
- Against All Odds – Natale Ghent (HarperCollins)
- The Bedmas Conspiracy – Deborah Sherman (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
- Blood Red Road – Moira Young (Random House)
- Box of Shocks – Chris McMahen (Orca)
- The Case of the Missing Deed – Ellen Schwartz (Tundra Books)
- Dragon Seer’s Gift – Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)
- The Dragon Turn – Shane Peacock (Tundra Books)
- Encore Edie – Annabel Lyon (Penguin)
- End of Days – Eric Walters (Random House)
- Fly Boy – Eric Walters (Penguin)
- Ice Storm – Penny Draper (Coteau)
- Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes – Jonathan Auxier (Penguin)
- The Tiffin – Mahtab Narsimhan (Dancing Cat)
- This Dark Endeavour – Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins)
- Timber Wolf – Caroline Pignat (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
- True Blue – Deborah Ellis (pajamapress)
- Undergrounders – David Skuy (Scholastic)
- Witchlanders – Lena Coakley (Simon & Schuster)
The Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards Inc. (MYRCA) aims to promote reading and Canadian literature by giving young people the opportunity to vote for their favourite Canadian book from an annual preselected list. The books are nominated based on their quality and reader appeal. All young people in grades 5-8 who have read or heard read at least 3 titles from the list can vote. Voting takes place in April and the MYRCA winner is celebrated at a fall award ceremony attended by participating young people.