2024-2025 Nominees
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| Cover | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | Pub Date |
 | Book of Screams | Jeff Szpirglas | Steven P. Hughes | Orca Book Publishers | 2023 |
 | Game Face | Shari Green | Groundwood Books | 2023 | |
 | Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door | Cary Fagan | Chelsea O’Byrne | Tundra Books | 2023 |
 | Like a Hurricane | Jonathan Bécotte | Translator: Jonathan Kaplansky | Orca Book Publishers | 2023 |
 | Maggie Lou, Firefox | Arnolda Dufour Bowes | Karlene Harvey | Groundwood Books | 2023 |
 | Obaasan’s Boots | Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro | Second Story Press | 2023 | |
 | Out of the Dark | Julie Lawson | Nimbus Publishing | 2023 | |
 | Silverwing: The Graphic Novel | Kenneth Oppel | Christopher Steininger | Harper Collins Publishers | 2023 |
 | The Big Sting | Rachelle Delaney | Tundra Books | 2023 | |
 | The Boy, the Cloud, and the Very Tall Tale | Heather Smith | Orca Book Publishers | 2023 | |
 | The Cricket War | Tho Pham and Sandra McTavish | Kids Can Press | 2023 | |
 | The Unlovable | Alina Butt | Ambreen Butt-Hussain | Orca Book Publishers | 2023 |