The winner of the the 2012 MYRCA is: Dear George Clooney!
The 2013 MYRCA Short List is:
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)
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)
We already have This Dark Endeavour and End of Days in our school library if you want to get an early start reading from the list. I've read This Dark Endeavour, and it is pretty fantastic. Stay tuned for more information about the short listed books. We'll try to post some summaries soon.
The 2013 MYRCA Short List is:
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)
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)
We already have This Dark Endeavour and End of Days in our school library if you want to get an early start reading from the list. I've read This Dark Endeavour, and it is pretty fantastic. Stay tuned for more information about the short listed books. We'll try to post some summaries soon.