Canadian Children's Book Centre Award Finalists

This week, the finalists for the 2013 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards were announced! These prestigious Canadian book awards are presented in October.  Congratulations to all the nominated authors and illustrators!

This year, there will also be a chance for kids to vote for their favourite from a selection of shortlisted titles for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Fan Choice Award. 

I was excited to see that a couple of the books I've enjoyed this year as part of my 100 book challenge are up for awards:

 

And even more exciting, there are other books I haven't read yet! I've been looking for more good middle grade and YA reads. These ones caught my eye:




I've also heard a lot about this picture book, but I haven't read it yet:



Actually, all the rest of them look good too. I guess it's off to the library for me this weekend! If you have any other recommendations for me, I'm always on the lookout for good middle grade and YA books to read!