| Place (out of 20) | Book Title | Author | Publisher |
| 1 | Crazy Man | Pamela Porter | Groundwood |
| 2 | Sports Hall of Weird | Kevin Sylvester | Kids Can Press |
| 3 | The Dragon Prince | Vicki Blum | Scholastic |
| 4 | Forever: The Annual Hockey Classic | Roy MacGregor | Red Deer Press |
| 5 | The Highwayman | Alfred Noyes & Murray Kimber | Kids Can Press |
| Adventures of Caraway Kim | Don Truckey | Thistledown Press | |
| Earth to Audrey | Susan Hughes | Kids Can Press | |
| Gravesavers | Sheree Fitch | Seal Books | |
| Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach | Barbara Nickel | Penguin | |
| Harry Houdini | Elizabeth MacLeod | Kids Can Press | |
| A Home for Foundlings | Marthe Jocelyn | Tundra | |
| Media Madness: An Insider’s Guide to Media | Dominic Ali | Kids Can Press | |
| One on One | Don Aker | HarperCollins | |
| Peggy’s Letters | Jacqueline Halsey | Orca | |
| Rain Tonight: The Story of Hurricane Hazel | Steve Pitt | Tundra | |
| The Roman Conspiracy | Jack Mitchell | Tundra | |
| Strange New Species | Elin Kelsey | Maple Tree | |
| Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak | Deborah Ellis | Groundwood | |
| Transformed How Everyday Things Are Made | Bill Slavin | Kids Can Press | |
| Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life | Rochelle Strauss | Kids Can Press |
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