September comes, they’re still in the van Felix must keep “home” a secret and give a fake address in order to enroll in school. When they lose their apartment in Vancouver, they move into a camper van, just for August, till Astrid finds a job. His mom Astrid is loving but unreliable she can’t hold onto a job, or a home. We would like to congratulate Susin Nielsen whose No Fixed Address won in the novel category and Cale Atkinson whose Sir Simon: Super Scarer won in the picture book category.įelix Knuttson, twelve, is an endearing kid with an incredible brain for trivia. The Chocolate Lily Awards have been celebrating the creative work of Children’s authors and illustrators living in British Columbia since 2002. But maybe they’re both cut out to be friends. Turns out Simon isn’t cut out for human chores either. After a long night of haunting, it seems that maybe Chester isn’t cut out to be a ghost, so Simon decides to help with Chester’s human chores. until he realizes he can trick Chester into doing his ghost chores.
Chester spots Simon immediately and peppers him with questions. And to top it off, this house is occupied by an old lady - they’re the easiest to haunt! But things don’t go as planned when it turns out a KID comes with this old lady. He’s a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. In the aftermath of violence, someone has to pay. But someone clearly doesn’t want Skye back in town, and when she and Jesse uncover new evidence that could clear Luka’s name, it becomes obvious that someone wants the past to stay buried. Told in alternating points of view, Skye and Jesse wade into the mystery of what took place that fateful day. Her childhood crush and former best friend until the massacre tore them apart. And there’s one person Skye dreads seeing most: Jesse Matin. But the scars of the past don’t heal easily. Now, Skye returns to the small town she had fled to start anew. But there’s no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn’t a victim - he was a shooter. Three years ago, Skye’s brother Luka died in a mass shooting at the local high school. We would like to congratulate Kelley Armstrong whose Aftermath won the Snow Willow Award and Cale Atkinson whose Sir Simon: Super Scarer won the Shining Willow Award.
The Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards aims to promote reading and celebrate Canadian literature each year.
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