Young Adult Canadian Book Award

This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English language Canadian book which appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18. Established in 1980 by the Young Adult Caucus of the Saskatchewan Library Association, the Young Adult Canadian Book Award is administered by the Young Adult Services Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association.

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2011 - Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel.

2010 - Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston.

2009 - Chanda's Wars by Allan Stratton.

2008 - Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks.

2007 - The Blue Helmet by William Bell.

2006 - Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai.

2005 - A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews.

2004 - The Canning Season by Polly Horvath.

2003 - True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks.

2002 - Stones by William Bell.

2001 - Before Wings by Beth Goobie.

2000 - Alone at Ninety Foot by Katherine Holubitsky.

1999 - Janey's Girl by Gayle Friesen.

1998 - Bone Dance by Martha Brooks.

1997 - Takes: Stories for Young Adults by R.P. MacIntyre.

1996 - The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones.

1995 - Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me by Julie Johnston.

1994 - Nobody's Son by Sean Stewart.

1993 - There Will be Wolves by Karleen Bradford.

1992 - Strandia by Susan Lynn Reynolds.

1991 - The Leaving: Stories by Budge Wilson.

1990 - Bad Boy by Diana Wieler.

1989 - January, February, June or July by Helen Fogwill Porter.

1988 - Who Is Frances Rain? by Margaret Buffie.

1987 - Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn.

1986 - The Quarter-Pie Window by Marianne Brandis.

1985 - Winners by Mary-Ellen Lang Collura.

1984 - The Druid's Tune by O.R. Melling.

1983 - Hunter in the Dark by Monica Hughes.

1982 - Superbike by Jamie Brown.

1981 - Far from Shore by Kevin Major.