MANITOBA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS INC.

2009 WINNERS AND 2010 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

The Winner of the 2009 MYRCA

 Dear Jo: The story of losing Leah ... and searching for hope  by Christina Kilbourne

The 2009 MYRCA Honour Books

Sketches  by Eric Walters

Schooled  by Gordon Korman                    

THE 2010 MYRCA Shortlist               

After  by Hazel Hutchins  (Smith, Bonappétit & Son)

The Ancient Ocean Blues by Jack Mitchell  (Tundra Books)

Breathing Soccer by Debbie Spring  (Thistledown Press)

Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji  (Second Story Press)

Death in the Air by Shane Peacock  (Tundra Books)

Dog Lost by Ingrid Lee  (Scholastic Canada)

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester (Square Fish)

Greener Grass by Caroline Pignat (Red Deer Press)

Libertad by Alma Fullerton (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)

Res Judicata by Vicki Grant  (Orca Books)

The Séance by Iain Lawrence  (Random House Canada)

The Shadow of Malabron by Thomas Wharton (Doubleday Canada)

Tweaked  by Katharine Holubitsky  (Orca Books)

War Brothers by Sharon McKay  (Puffin Canada)

What World Is Left by Monique Polak  (Orca Books)

Withershins by Susan Rocan  (Great Plains)

Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen  (Tundra Books)

Would You by Marthe Jocelyn  (Tundra Books)

Click here for a review of all the 2010 MYRCA books

The Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards Inc. (M.Y.R.C.A.) aims to promote reading and Canadian literature by giving young people the opportunity to vote for their favourite Canadian book from an annual preselected list.  The books are nominated based on their quality and reader appeal.  All young people in grades 5-8 who have read or heard read at least 3 titles from the list can vote.  Voting takes place in April and the MYRCA winner is celebrated at a fall award ceremony attended by participating young people.  

At Acadia:

Every student who reads a MYRCA book can fill out a Reader Response Form and be entered into a draw to win a prize.  Any student reading 3 or more books are eligible to vote.  The student(s) who read the most books by the end of March will also receive a prize.