JANICE LYNN MATHER’S FACING THE SUN SHORTLISTED FOR THE CCBC BOOK AWARDS

FACING THE SUN by Janice Lynn Mather has been shortlisted for The Canadian Children's Book Centre's Amy Mathers Teen Book Award.

“FACING THE SUN is a rich story told with lyricism and insight about four girls, their families, and the small Bahamian town that is their home… Janice Lynn Mather does a fantastic job weaving four perspectives that offer a look into the lives of Black girls…[examining] the ways in which Black girls are often expected to bear the weight of responsibility in their homes while also interrogating Blackness set outside of Canada… This novel is beautifully realized, written not just for teens, but for all of us in search of a better understanding of how communities, knitted together through struggle and circumstance, can hold us in difficult times.”

The winners will be announced at a virtual event on October 29.