The next reading list for British Columbia's Teen Readers' Choice Award, the Stellar Book Award,
is ready. After the 2011/2012 winner was announced on May 30, 2012, this short-list of nominees for the 2012/2013 Stellar Book Award was released. BC teen readers of ages 13 to 19 have the opportunity to read, review,
and discuss their reading, making sure to read a minimum of five titles before on-line voting opens in April.
The nominees for the 2012/2013 Stellar Book Award include:
All Good Children
by Catherine Austen
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-55469-824-0
300 pp.
Ages 14+
2011
Death Benefits
by Sarah N. Harvey
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-55469-226-2
212 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-55469-226-2
212 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010
Once Every Never
by Lesley Livingston
Puffin Canada
978-0-14-317795-1
302 pp.
Ages 12+
2011
Puffin Canada
978-0-14-317795-1
302 pp.
Ages 12+
2011
My Beating Teenage Heart
by C. K. Kelly Martin
Random House
978-0-385-67042-5
288 pp.
288 pp.
Ages 14-17
2011
Half Brother
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins
978-1-55468-812-8
377 pp.
Ages 12+
2010 
This Dark Endeavour:
The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Canada
978-1-55468-339-0
298 pp.
Ages 12+
HarperCollins Canada
978-1-55468-339-0
298 pp.
Ages 12+
2011
Fishtailing
by Wendy Phillips
Coteau Books
978-1-55050-411-8
196 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010
978-1-55050-411-8
196 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010
The Vampire Stalker
by Alison Van Diepen
Scholastic Canada
978-0-545-28375-5
257 pp.
Ages 121-15
2011 
Just Deserts
by Eric Walters with Ray Zahab
Puffin Canada
978-0-143-17935-1
256 pp.
Ages 12-15
2011
Puffin Canada
978-0-143-17935-1
256 pp.
Ages 12-15
2011
Written in Blood
by John Wilson
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-55469-270-5
157 pp.
Ages 10-14
2011 
Blood Red Road
by Moira Young
Doubleday Canada
978-0-385-67183-5
459 pp.
Ages 14+
2011
Take advantage of this spectacular book list to direct your choices of what-youngCanLit-to-read-next. Personally, I thought I had done fairly well keeping up with my reading but I now have five more titles to read. Luckily, it's fairly certain that each of these titles is a great read.
