2020/2021 Chocolate Lily Awards Shortlist
Novel Category Nominees (Grades 4 – 7)
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Embrace the Chicken by Mahtab Narsimhan – Orca Book Publishers
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Finding Cooper by Stacey Matson – Scholastic Canada Ltd
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The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills – Annick Press
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The Horse of the River: A Camp Canyon-Falls Adventure by Sari Cooper – Harbour Publishing
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Mya’s Strategy to Save the World by Tanya Lloyd Kyi – Puffin Canada
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Nevers by Sara Cassidy – Orca Book Publishers
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Stowaway by Pam Withers – Dundurn Press
Chapter Book/Early Novels Nominees (Grades 2 – 4)
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Badir and the Beaver by Shannon Stewart – Orca Book Publishers
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Iggy’s World by Gail Anderson-Dargatz – Orca Book Publishers
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Just a Kid by Rie Charles – Red Deer Press
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Kiddo by Cynthia Nugent – Tradewind Books
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Shadow Island: Sueno Bay Adventures by Mike Deas and Nancy Deas – Orca Book Publishers
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Sophie Trophy by Eileen Holland – Crwth Press
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The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat by Caroline Adderson – Groundwood Books
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Ruckus by Laurie Elmquist – Orca Book Publishers
Picture Book Nominees
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Birdsong by Julie Flett – Greystone Kids
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Fairy Science by Ashley Spires – Tundra
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The House at the End of the Road by Kari Rust – Owl Kids Books
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Kevin the Unicorn: Its Not all Rainbows by Jessika von Innerebner– North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada Ltd)
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Ojiichan’s Gift by Chieri Uegaki illus. Genevieve Simms – Kids Can Press
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Princess Puffybottom…and Darryl by Susin Nielsen illus. Olivia Chin Mueller– Tundra
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The Ranger by Nancy Vo – Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press