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The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program designed for young readers and based in Atlantic Canada.

Each year, thousands of children in grades four to six read from the selection of outstanding Canadian books and vote for their favourites.

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More information about our Authors: Fiction

More information about our Authors: Non-Fiction

English Fiction

• The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson Random House Canada, 2020 9780735266100 $12.99 (pb)

• A Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye by Melanie Mosher Nimbus Publishing, 2020 9781771088466 $13.95 (pb)

• Clan by Sigmund Brouwer Tundra Books, 2020 9780735269330 $12.99 (pb)

• Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman Pajama Press, 2019 9781772780819 $19.95 (hc)

• Harvey Comes Home by Colleen Nelson; illustrated by Tara Anderson Pajama Press, 2019 9781772781984 $15.95 (pb)

• The Hermit by Jan L. Coates Nimbus Publishing, 2020 9781771088305 $12.95 (pb)

• The Lost Scroll of the Physician by Alisha Sevigny Dundurn Press, 2020 9781459744295 $12.99 (pb)

• No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen Groundwood Books 2020 9781773064109 $18.95 (hc)

• The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story by Thao Lam or click here for Coles Owlkids Books, 2020 9781771473637 $19.95 (hc)

• Screech! Ghost Stories from Old Newfoundland by Charis Cotter; illustrated by Genevieve Simms Nimbus Publishing, 2020 9781771089067 $16.95 (pb)

English Nonfiction

• Be a Weather Detective by Peggy Kochanoff Nimbus Publishing, 2020 9781771087964 $14.95 (pb)

• Canadian Women Now + Then: More than 100 Stories of Fearless Trailblazers by Elizabeth MacLeod; illustrated by Maïa Faddoul Kids Can Press, 2020 9781525300615 $19.99 (hc)

• Fight on! : Cape Breton Coal Miners, 1900-1925 by Joanne Schwartz Nimbus Publishing, 2020 9781771088565 $18.95 (pb)

• It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad Tundra Books, 2019 9781101918593 $21.99 (hc)

• It Seemed Like a Good Idea... Canadian Feats, Facts and Flubs by Ted Staunton & Will Staunton Scholastic Canada, 2020 9781443113120 $14.99 (pb)

• Mi'kmaq Campfire Stories of Prince Edward Island by Julie Pelissier-Lush; illustrated by Laurie Ann Marie Martin Acorn Press, 2020 9781773660547 $13.95 (pb)

• Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal by Linda L. Richards Orca Book Publishers, 2020 9781459821361 $24.95 (hc) Sergeant

• Billy: The True Story of the Goat who Went to War by Mireille Messier; illustrated by Kass Reich Tundra Books, 2019 9780735264427 $17.99 (hc)

• So Imagine Me: Nature Riddles in Poetry by Lynn Davies; illustrated by Chrissie Park-MacNeil Nimbus Publishing, 2020 9781771088671 $15.95 (pb)

• What Kids Did: Stories of Kindness and Invention in the Time of COVID-19 by Erin Silver Second Story Press, 2020 9781772601640 $18.95 (hc)