The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards which celebrate the books by Canadian creators. The winners will be announced on November 6th. Here are the finalists in the youth categories:

Young People’s Literature – Text

Beast by Richard Van Camp

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

A Drop in the Ocean by Léa Taranto

The Outsmarters by Deborah Ellis

Tig by Heather Smith

Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books

Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp

It Bears Repeating by Tanya Tagaq, illustrated by Cee Pootoogook

Oasis by Guojing

The Rock and the Butterfly by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan

This Land Is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson, illustrated by Delreé Dumont