John Lekich's The Loser's Club (Annick) was shortlisted for Book of the Year by the LA-based book mag ForeWord, The White Pine Award, Canadian Library Association's YA Book of the Year and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. Most recently The Losers' Club was nominated for the best Young Adult Book of 2004 by the American Library Association. Foreign rights have been sold to Macmillan in the UK and Bayard Jeunesse in France. 1-55037-752-3

[SUMMER 2003 BCBW]