2023 CCBC Book Awards
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) has announced the winners for the 2023 CCBC Book Awards. Titles of genre interest follow.
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
- WINNER: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow, Zoulfa Katouh (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Road of the Lost, Nafiza Azad (McElderry)
Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy
- WINNER: Blood Scion, Deborah Falaye (HarperTeen)
- Sneaks, Catherine Egan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
- The Limitless Sky, Christina Kilbourne (Dundurn)
- A Magic Steeped in Poison, Judy I. Lin (Feiwel and Friends)
- Ghostlight, Kenneth Oppel (Puffin Canada)
Other awards categories include the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, the Jean Little First-Novel Award, and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Prizes range from C$5,000 to C$50,000.
For more information, including the complete list of winners, see the announcement on the CCBC website.
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