Kitchener Public Library

For Youth

Silver Birch Award - Official Selections 2008

2008 Fiction Winner

The Secret of Gim Hill

The Secret of Grim Hill by Linda DeMeulemeester

2008 Fiction Honour Books

Pigboy by Vicki Grant
Never to be Told by Becky Citra

2008 Non-Fiction Winner

Secret Agent Y.O.U.

Secret Agent Y.O.U. : The Official Guide to Secret Codes, Disguises, Surveillance and More by Helaine Becker

2008 Non-Fiction Honour Books

Fear This Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, & Things That Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirglas
Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa that Brought Them Together by Herb Shoveller

2008 Express Winner

Things are Looking Grimm, Jill

Things are Looking Grimm, Jill by Dan Bar-el

2008 Express Honour Books

Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story by Maggie de Vries
Baby Sea Turtle by Aubrey Lang
Lucky's Mountain by Dianne Maycock

Official Selections:

OLA Silver Birch Website

Fiction Titles

Baboon by David Jones

Directed by Kaspar Snit by Cary Fagan

Jakeman by Deborah Ellis

Never to be Told by Becky Citra

Odd Man Out by Sarah Ellis

Pigboy by Vicki Grant

The Secret of Grim Hill by Linda DeMeulemeester

Shadows on the Train by Melanie Jackson

Torrie and the Snake-Prince by K.V. Johansen

The Vampire's Visit by David A. Poulsen

Non-Fiction Titles

Eleanor Roosevelt: An Inspiring Life by Elizabeth MacLeod

Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood

Fear This Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, & Things That Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirglas

I Found A Dead Bird: The Kids' Guide To The Cycle Of Life & Death
by Jan Thornhill

Jurassic Poop: What Dinosaurs (and Others) Left Behind
by Jacob Berkowitz

Kids Who Rule: The Remarkable Lives Of Five Child Monarchs
by Charis Cotter

One Well: The Story Of Water On Earth by Rochelle Strauss

Our Game: The History of Hockey in Canada by David Stubbs

Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa that Brought Them Together by Herb Shoveller

Secret Agent Y.O.U. : The Official Guide to Secret Codes, Disguises, Surveillance and More by Helaine Becker

Express Titles

Baby Sea Turtle by Aubrey Lang

The Big Snapper by Katherine Holubitsky

The Birdman by Veronika M. Charles

Danger at Mason’s Island: An Angela and Emmie Adventure
by Tom Schwarzkopf

Fire! A Renewal of a Forest by Celia Godkin

Lucky's Mountain by Dianne Maycock

Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story by Maggie de Vries

Things are Looking Grimm, Jill by Dan Bar-el

Yetsa's Sweater by Sylvia Olsen

Yossi's Goal by Ellen Schwartz