2020 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards: Finalists and Winners

This week the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards, known as MYRCA, announced the winners of their two prizes, the Sundogs, for readers in Grades 4-6, and the Northern Lights for readers in Grades 7-9.  Here are the nominated titles and the winners and honour books.

Congratulations to all nominated authors and illustrators, and to the young readers for their stellar selections.

MYRCA SUNDOGS Nominees:

Coop the Great 
Written by Larry Verstraete
Yellow Dog

Crush 
Written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova
Yen Press

Dragons in a Bag 
Written by Zetta Elliott
Random House

Elephant Secret 
Written by Eric Walters
Penguin Random House Canada

Inkling 
Written by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins

The Journey Forward: Novellas on Reconciliation 
Written by Monique Gray Smith and Richard Van Camp
McKellar & Martin Publishing Group

Miles to Go 
Written by Beryl Young
Wandering Fox

Missing Mike
Written by Shari Green
Pajama Press

Mucus Mayhem (The Almost Epic Squad)
Written by Kevin Sylvester
Illustrated by Britt Wilson
Scholastic Canada

Wicked Nix 
Written by Lena Coakley
HarperCollins








AND THE WINNER IS...

Crush

Written by Svetlana Chmakova

Yen Press

Honour Book:
Coop the Great 
Written by Larry Verstraete
Yellow Dog

MYRCA NORTHERN LIGHTS Nominees:

A World Below 
Written by Wesley King
Simon & Schuster

Don’t Tell the Enemy
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canad

The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray
Written by E. Latimer
Tundra Books

Ebb & Flow 
Written by Heather Smith
Kids Can Press

 





Fake Blood
Written by Whitney Gardner
Simon & Schuster for Young Readers

The Journey of Little Charlie 
Written by Christopher Paul Curtis
Scholastic







No Fixed Address 
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books

Surviving the City
Written by Tasha Spillett
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Portage and Main Press   

Pulse Point 
Written by Colleen Nelson and Nancy Chappell-Pollack
Great Plains Publications

Sanctuary
Written by Caryn Lix
Simon Pulse










AND THE WINNER IS...

No Fixed Address 

Written by Susin Nielsen 

Tundra Books

Honour Book:  

Fake Blood
Written by Whitney Gardner
Simon & Schuster for Young Readers

 

Head to the MYRCA website for full details and to check on the complete archive of nominees and winners.