The Young Adult Services Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association announced the shortlist for the 2009 Young Adult Book Award.
This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2008, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18.
The winner of the award, and the Honour Books, will be announced prior to the National Canadian Library Association Conference. The award will be presented at the CLA conference at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, in Montréal, Quebec on May 30, 2009.
The winner of the 2008 award was Mistik Lake by Winnipeg's own .
The finalists for the 2009 CLA Young Adult Book Award, in alphabetical order by author, are:
- The Lit Report by (Orca)
- Sister Wife by (Orca)
- Would You by (Tundra)
- The Apprentice's Masterpiece by (Annick)
- Storm by (Penguin)
- War Brothers by (Penguin)
- After River by (HarperCollins)
- Egghead by (Red Deer)
- Chanda's Wars by (HarperCollins)
- Skim by (Groundwood)
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