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A Hero's Magic
2010 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


A Lasting Treasure
2015 First Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


A Name for Himself
2013 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


A Taste of Fame
2013 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


Aiming for the Summit
2016 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Akosua and Osman
2011 Third Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


All Over Again
2014 First Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


As I Remember It
2013 Second Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


As Long as the Rivers Flow
2013 Third Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Ask the Stars
2014 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


Behind the Invisible Bars
2013 Second Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


Breaking the Chain
2013 First Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


Children of the Spider
2015 First Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Children of their Parents
2012 Third Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


Close Calls
2012 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Dancing in the Rain
2015 Third Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Dreams Beyond the Shore
2016 First Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Ebony Girl
2018 Finalist Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature


Escape
2011 Second Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


Escape From Paradise
2012 Third Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Face Under the Sea
2011 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania
2011 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Finding Colombia
2018 Winner Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature
2017 Finalist Burt Award for Kenyan Young Adult Literature


Fire Song
2018 Honour Book Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Ghost and the Fortune Hunters
2016 First Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Girlcott
2016 Second Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Gone to Drift
2015 Second Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Good Intentions, Evil Deeds
2017 Winner Burt Award for Tanzanian Young Adult Literature


Grey Eyes
2015 Second Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


High Tide at Shibale
2015 Third Place Burt Award for Kenyan Young Adult Literature


Home, Home
2017 Shortlisted Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


In the belly of dar es salaam
2011 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Indian Horse
2013 First Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Inner City Girl
2014 Third Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Lessilie - the City Maasai
2012 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Lightfinder
2015 Third Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Lightning
2015 Second Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Living in the Shade
2017 Finalist Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: All Star
2011 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Meet the Omtitas
2013 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


Musical Youth
2014 Second Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


Names and Secrets
2015 Second Place Burt Award for Kenyan Young Adult Literature


Never Say Never
2012 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


Ossie's Dream
2014 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ghana


Pashke on Deathbed
2014 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ethiopia


Perfectly Imperfect
2014 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ghana


Plain Yellow
2015 First Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Rattling in the Closet
2016 Second Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Red Spectatcles' Know
2016 Third Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Run Free
2013 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Run, Cheche, Run
2016 Third Place Burt Award for Kenyan Young Adult Literature


Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre
2015 First Place Burt Award for Kenyan Young Adult Literature


Skraelings
2015 First Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Somebody’s Daughter
2018 Finalist Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature


Summer Time Rescue
2015 Third Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


Tears from a Lonely Heart
2013 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Adventure of Tunda and Zamaradi
2016 First Place Burt Award for Tanzanian Young Adult Literature


The Adventures of Kulwa and Doto: Far from Home
2017 Shortlisted Burt Award for Tanzanian Young Adult Literature


The Art of White Roses
2017 Winner Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


The Beast of Kukuyo
2017 Finalist Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


The Best is Yet to Come
2010 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Birthday Party
2013 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye
2014 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ghana


The Break
2017 Winner Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Choice
2012 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Delegate
2012 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


The Deliverer
2011 Second Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


The Detectives of Shangani: The Mystery of Lost Rubies
2014 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Devil's Hill
2012 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


The Dorm Challenge
2012 First Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir
2016 Second Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The End of the Tunnel
2014 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ethiopia


The Hidden Package
2016 Second Place Burt Award for Kenyan Young Adult Literature


The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
2014 Second Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Journey Forward
2018 Honour Book Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation
2018 Honour Book Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation
2018 Honour Book Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Kaya Girl
2012 First Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


The Letters
2011 Third Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


The Lion’s Whisper
2018 Finalist Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature


The Lone Fighter
2015 Second Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


The Lost Royal Treasure
2011 Second Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


The Marrow Thieves
2018 Winner Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Mask that Sang
2017 Honour Book Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Mystery of the Haunted House
2011 Third Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


The Outside Circle
2016 First Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


The Protector’s Pledge
2016 Third Place Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature


The Revelation
2013 Third Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


The Shark Attack
2014 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


The Step-Monster
2017 Honour Book Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: All Star
2016 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ghana


The Temporary Orphan
2014 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Twelfth Heart
2017 Finalist Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: All Star
2010 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ghana


The Wish
2014 Third Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


The Young Crusader
2011 First Place Burt Award for Ethiopian Young Adult Literature


They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School
2014 Third Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Those Who Run in the Sky
2017 Honour Book Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


Tilly, a Story of Hope and Resilience
2014 First Place Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature


To Kiss a Girl
2018 Honour Book Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature


Treeland: the Land of Laughter
2010 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Tanzania


Waiting for the Sun
2017 Winner Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: All Star
2014 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Ethiopia


Was Nyakeeru My Father?
2014 First Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: Kenya


When the Shackles Fall
2012 Second Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature


Witches of Honour
2015 Third Place Burt Award for Ghanian Young Adult Literature

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