2017 Nominees

What’s the Buzz?
Written by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

We Are All Made of Molecules
Written by Susin Nielsen

That Squeak
Written by Carolyn Beck

The Summer We Saved the Bees
Written by Robin Stevenson

5th Place

Seven Dead Pirates
Written by Linda Bailey

Rain Shadow
Written by Valerie Sherrard

4th Place

The Nest
Written by Kenneth Oppel

2nd Place

Masterminds
Written by Gordon Korman

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Written by Robbie Robertson

Gospel Truth
Written by Caroline Pignat

Galloping Through History
Written by Elizabeth MacLeod

Friend or Foe
Written by Etta Kaner

Faster Higher Smarter
Written by Simon Shapiro

Extreme Battlefields
Written by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
Written by Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine

Cat At The Wall
Written by Deborah Ellis

Boy Asked the Wind
Written by Barbara Nickel

3rd Place

Blackthorn Key
Written by Kevin Sands

Beginner’s Guide to Immortality
Written by Maria Birmingham

Winner

Awkward
Written by Svetlana Chmakova