by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
What to Bring Lorna Schultz Nicholson, illustrated by Ellen RooneyPublisher: OwlKids Book Description A moving story about making tough choices when disaster strikes Malia and her family are spending a day outside when they notice something strange. Huge...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Entre Rive and Shore Dominique Bernier-CormierPublisher: icehouse poetry Book Description “I used to think this was a book about a disguise,but now I know that it’s a book about translation.” According to Cormier family lore, Pierrot Cormier escaped a British prison...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
The Song That Called Them Home David A. Robertson, illustrated by Maya McKibbenPublisher: Tundra Books Book Description From the award-winning author of On the Trapline comes a cinematic fantasy-adventure story inspired by Indigenous legends.One summer day, Lauren...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Skid Dogs Emelia Symington-FedyPublisher: Douglas & McIntyre Book Description A raw and riveting coming-of-age story about the wild love of teenage friendships and the casual oppression of 90s rape culture. Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up with her girl gang on the...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Sonnets From a Cell Bradley PetersPublisher: Brick Books Book Description Moving from riots to mall parkades to church, the poems in Bradley Peters’ debut Sonnets from a Cell mix inmate speech, prison psychology, skateboard slang and contemporary lyricism in a way...
