Five Canadian titles were honoured by the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, which recognize the best in North American children’s and YA writing and illustration.

A panel of educators, librarians, booksellers, and reviewers selected Run Marco Run by Norma Charles (Ronsdale Press) as the gold medal winner in the general preteen fiction category. Jacqueline Guest’s Outcasts of River Falls (Coteau Books) won for historical/cultural preteen fiction.

The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City by Kevin Marc Fournier (Great Plains Publications) was a winner in the general YA fiction category, and Edge of Time by Susan M. MacDonald (Breakwater Books) won for fantasy/sci-fi YA fiction.

The Gathering Tree by Larry Loyie and Constance Brissenden, illustrated by Heather D. Holmlund (Theytus Books), tied for second place in the health issues category.

Award winners will receive their medals at the Traverse City Children’s Book Festival in Michigan on Nov. 10. A full list of recipients is available here.