The
National Chapter of Canada IODE (Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire), a women's charitable organization, has been offering
Violet Downey Book Award since
1985. This award of $3000 is offered annually for the best English
language book for children up to age 13 containing at least 500 words of
text published in Canada in the previous year and selected from
submitted books.
The
shortlisted books for the
National Chapter of Canada 2013 Violet Downey Book Award have just been announced. The five finalists are:
Enemy Territory
by Sharon E. McKay
Annick Press
184 pp.
Ages 9-12
2012
My Name is Parvana
by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books
201 pp.
Ages 10-13
2013
One Year in Coal Harbour
by Polly Horvath
Groundwood Books
216 pp.
Ages 10-14
2012
Yesterday's Dead
by Pat Bourke
Second Story Press
249 pp.
Ages 10+
2012
The Green Man
by Michael Bedard
Tundra Books
304 pp.
Ages 11-14
2012
The winner will be announced at IODE Canada’s 113th National Annual Meeting being held at the Carriage House Inn in Calgary, Alberta on May 31, 2013.
