The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced the finalists for the seven awards it administers, including the inaugural Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The winners will be announced at the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards and the Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse gala events in Toronto and Montreal later this fall. A total of $120,000 will be awarded.

Here are the shortlists:

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($25,000)

• The Dragon Turn, Shane Peacock (Tundra Books)
• No Ordinary Day, Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
• Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World, Susan Hughes (Owlkids Books)
• Seal Song, Andrea Spalding; Pascal Milelli, illus. (Orca Book Publishers)
• Stones for My Father, Trilby Kent (Tundra)

Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse ($25,000)

• L’amélanchier, Denis Côté; Anne Sol, illus. (Éditions Planète rebelle)
• Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d’Elko, Sylvie Nicolas; Marion Arbona, illus. (Éditions Trampoline)
• Le monde de Théo, Louis Émond; Philippe Béha, illus. (Éditions Hurtubise)
• Mots doux pour endormir la nuit, Jacques Pasquet; Marion Arbona, illus. (Éditions Planète rebelle)
• La saison des pluies, Mario Brassard; Suana Verelst, illus. (Soulières éditeur)

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000)

• Cinnamon Baby, Nicola Winstanley; Janice Nadeau, illus. (Kids Can Press)
• Picture a Tree, Barbara Reid (North Wind Press/Scholastic Canada)
• Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been? Dan Bar-el; Rae Maté, illus. (Simply Read Books)
• Small Saul, Ashley Spires (Kids Can)
• Without You, Geneviève Côté (Kids Can)

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction ($10,000)

• Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan, Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter (Annick Press)
• Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature, Dora Lee; Margot Thompson, illus. (Kids Can)
• Loon, Susan Vande Griek; Karen Reczuch, illus. (Groundwood)
• Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World, Susan Hughes (Owlkids)
• Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives, Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra)

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000)

• The Hangman in the Mirror, Kate Cayley (Annick)
• I’ll Be Watching, Pamela Porter (Groundwood)
• Shot at Dawn: World War I, John Wilson (Scholastic Canada)
• This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins Canada)
• The Whole Truth, Kit Pearson (HarperCollins Canada)

John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000)

• The Case of the Missing Deed, Ellen Schwartz (Tundra)
• Charlie’s Key, Rob Mills (Orca)
• The Dragon Turn, Shane Peacock (Tundra)
• Held, Edeet Ravel (Annick)
• True Blue, Deborah Ellis (Pajama Press)

Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy ($5,000)

• Dreamline, Nicole Luiken (Great Plains Teen Fiction)
• Hunted, Cheryl Rainfield (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, Jonathan Auxier (Puffin Canada)
• Tempestuous, Lesley Livingston (HarperCollins Canada)
• What Happened to Serenity? P.J. Sarah Collins (Red Deer Press)