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2023/24 Hackmatack Shortlists

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English Fiction

Alina in a Pinch
by Shenaaz Nanji

Second Story Press, 2022

9781772602456
$10.95 (pb)
Available in human-narrated audio (CELA)

AWOL
by Marla Lesage
Orca Book Publisher, 2022
9781459828391
$19.95 (pb)

A Bend in the Breeze
by Valerie Sherrard

Cormorant Books, 2022

9781770866478
$13.95 (pb)
Available in synthetic audio, automated braille (Bookshare)

Forever Birchwood
by Danielle Daniel
HarperCollins Canada, 2022
9781443463348
$15.99 (pb)
Available in human-narrated audio (CELA) and synthetic audio, human-transcribed braille (Bookshare)

Honey and Me
by Meira Drazin
Scholastic, 2022
9781338155433
$23.99 (hc)
Available in synthetic audio, automated braille (Bookshare)

One Summer on Whitney Pier
by Mayann Francis; illustrated by Tamara Theibaux-
Heikalo
Nimbus Publishing, 2021
9781771089609
$22.95 (hc)

Super Family! (Simon and Chester Book #3)
by Cale Atkinson
Tundra, 2022
9781774880005
$13.99 (pb)

Undercover Book List
by Colleen Nelson
Pajama Press, 2021
9781772782639
$15.95 (pb)
Available in human-narrated audio, human-transcribed braille (CELA)

Weird Rules to Follow
by Kim Spencer
Orca Book Publisher, 2022
9781459835580
$12.95 (pb)
Available in human-narrated audio (CELA) and synthetic audio, automated braille (Bookshare)

Wild Ghost Chase
by Deborah Toogood
Nimbus Publishing, 2022
9781774710746
$12.95 (pb)

English Nonfiction

Can You Believe It? How to Spot Fake News and Find the
Facts
by Joyce Grant; illustrated by Kathleen Marcotte
Kids Can Press, 2022
9781525303227
$19.99 (hc)
Available in human-narrated audio, human-transcribed braille (CELA)

How to Have High Tea with a Hyena (And Not Get
Eaten)
by Rachel Poliquin; illustrated by Kathryn Durst
Tundra Books, 2022
9781774881668
$11.99 (pb)

I Can’t Do What? Strange Laws and Rules from Around
the World
by Heather Camlot; illustrated by Mike Deas
Red Deer Press, 2022
9780889956186
$14.95 (pb)

Muinji’j Asks Why: The Story of the Shubenacadie
Residential School
by Muinji’j and Shanika MacEachern; illustrated by Zeta Paul
Nimbus Publishing, 2022
9781774710470
$22.95 (pb)

Poopy Science: Getting to the Bottom of What Comes
Out Your Bottom
by Edward Kay; illustrated by Mike Shiell
Kids Can Press, 2022
9781525304132
$19.99 (hc)

Professor Goose Debunks Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by Paulette Bourgeois; illustrated by Alex Griffiths
Tundra Books, 2022
9780735267305
$24.99 (hc)
Available in synthetic audio, automated braille (CELA)

Searching Beyond the Stars: Seven Women in Science Take On Space’s Biggest Questions
by Nicole Mortillaro; illustrated by Amanda Key
Annick Press, 2022
9781773216249
$14.95 (pb)

Secret Schools: True Stories of the Determination to Learn
by Heather Camlot; illustrated by Erin Taniguchi
OwlKids, 2022
9781771474603
$19.95 (hc)

Sharks Forever: The Mystery and History of the Planet’s Perfect Predator
by Mark Leiren-Young
Orca Book Publisher, 2022
9781459827561
$24.95 (hc)
Available in synthetic audio, automated braille (Bookshare)

Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers
by Gregor Craigie; illustrated by Kathleen Fu
Orca Book Publisher, 2022
9781459821880
$29.95 (hc)
Available in synthetic audio, automated braille (CELA)