Note: Readers who are blind or visually impaired are able to access a selection of the nominated books in alternate format at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library. Contact CNIB Library Reader Services at: 1-800-268-8818 for more information.

The Award for 2008 will be for the FICTION category only.

The NOMINATED BOOKS are:

Darkwing
by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins

Endymion Spring
by Matthew Skelton
Penguin

Gemini Summer
by Iain Lawrence
Delacorte Press

Pirate's Passage
by William Gilkerson
Trumpeter

The Rise of the Golden Cobra
by Henry T. Aubin
Annick Press

Safe as Houses
by Eric Walters
Doubleday Canada

Sarah’s Legacy
by Valerie Sherrard
Boardwalk/Dundurn Group

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
by Glen Huser
Groundwood Books

Stolen Away
by Christopher Dinsdale
Napoleon & Company

Where Soldiers Lie
by John Wilson
Key Porter Books