2014 Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominees

Although the start of the reading program for the Rocky Mountain Book Award does not begin officially until November, recently the University of Lethbridge bookstore posted the list of twenty nominated titles.  These books, for readers in Grades 4 through 7, are the basis for Alberta's readers' choice program.  The books, which must have been published in the last two years in Canada, include both fiction and non-fiction titles which "portray a broad range of family, social, and cultural backgrounds." (Retrieved from http://rmba.lethsd.ab.ca/FAQ.html on March 27, 2012)

The time-line for this book award is as follows:

• Shortlist of twenty titles: announced officially in November;
• Reading: takes place from November to April;
• Voting by young readers: takes place from mid-March to mid-April;
• Winner: announced at the end of April.

The 2013-2014 nominees are:

Behind Enemy Lines: World War II, Sam Frederiksen, Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1944 
by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada

Between Heaven and Earth

by Eric Walters

Orca Book Publishers

The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea

by Helaine Becker

Kids Can Press

Bodyguards! From Gladiators to Secret Service

by Ed Butts

Illustrated by Scott Plumbe
Annick Press

The Boy in the Box

by Cary Fagan

Puffin Canada

Cryptic Canada: Unsolved Mysteries from Coast to Coast

by Natalie Hyde

Illustrated by Matt Hammill

Owlkids

Eldritch Manor

by Kim Thompson

Dundurn

Friends with Boys

by Faith Erin Hicks

First Second

From Anna

by Jean Little

Scholastic Canada

The Golden Twine (Cat's Cradle, Book 1)

by Jo Rioux

Kids Can Press

Hey Canada!

by Vivien Bowers

Illustrated by Milan Pavlovic

Tundra Books

My Name is Parvana 

by Deborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

Nighthawk

by Jamie Bastedo

Red Deer Press

Nobody's Dog

by Ria Voros

Scholastic Canada

People Who Said No: Courage Against Oppression

by Laura Scandiffio

Annick Press

Running to Extremes: Ray Zahab's Amazing Ultramarathon Journey

by Steve Pitt
Puffin Canada

Saving Lives and Changing Hearts: Animal Sanctuaries and Rescue Centers
by Rob Laidlaw
Red Deer Press

The Shadows That Rush Past
by Rachel Quitsualik
Illustrated by Emily Fiegenschuh and Larry MacDougall
Inhabit Media

Surviving the Hindenburg
by Larry Verstraete
Sleeping Bear Press

The World in Your Lunchbox
by Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Sa Boothroyd
Annick Press