MYRCA Northern Lights Nominees 2025

Updated April 29, 2024
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Winnipeg Public Library
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At the Speed of Gus
Scrimger, Richard
Paper Book
A smartly funny and sympathetic story about being different and finding your way. Meet the compelling, charismatic 13-year-old Augustus Constantine, a boy whose mind (and mouth) operate at a different speed than the rest of society. Gus has ADHD, and he's on medication to help him focus....
Also available in eBook format.
Flight plan
Walters, Eric
Paper Book
When all technology breaks down and he's far from home, thirteen-year-old Jamie learns he's stronger (and braver) than he thought he was in this dystopian adventure. Thirteen-year-old Jamie's plane is just taking off when something goes terribly wrong. The lights go out, communications...
Also available in eBook format.
Hopeless in Hope
John-Kehewin, Wanda
Paper Book
★ Among CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens list, a starred selection of exceptional caliber We live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town named Hope. This is the oldest part of Hope; eventually it will all be torn...
Also available in eBook format.
Opposite identicals
Kerbel, Deborah
Paper Book
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection A MYRCA Northern Lights selection A CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens selection Opposite Identicals is a non-stop adrenaline rush from start to finish. Deborah Kerbel has written two unforgettable characters who take turns telling...
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Out of the Dark
Lawson, Julie
Paper Book
A follow-up of the bestselling, Geoffrey Bilson Award--and Victoria Book Prize--nominated A Blinding Light, focusing on the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion and the onset of the Great Influenza Pandemic. When Jane Mooney's older brother Connor lies about his age and enlists...
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The probability of everything
Everett, Sarah
Paper Book
"One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever)." --Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book Club NPR Books We Love 2023 ^ Publishers Weekly Best of 2023 ^ Winner of the Governor General's Literary Awards for Young People's Literature A heart-wrenching middle grade debut...
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The secret of the ravens
Cacao, Joanna
Paper Book
In this charming middle grade graphic novel, orphan twins Elliot and Liza find themselves taking on a series of mysterious raven quests in order to make money and survive--only for Liza to be mortally injured during one of their adventures. Now, Elliot must team up with a mysterious...
Also available in eBook format.
Simon sort of says
Bow, Erin
Paper Book
A Newbery Honor Book written by Erin Bow, winner of the Governor General's and TD Children's Literature Awards.Simon O'Keeffe tells a lot of stories: like how his family was driven out of Omaha by alpacas. And how his church-deacon dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. And how...
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The space between here & now
Suk, Sarah
Paper Book
Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to promote inclusive texts in curriculum and library collections State and national award mailing
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You owe me one, universe
Lucas, Chad
Paper Book
Brian and Ezra's story continues in the moving sequel to Thanks a Lot, Universe, which New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone called "a glorious ode to the beauty of preteen friendship." Brian knows that anxiety and depression aren't things that are...
Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

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