Forest of Reading Red Maple Award
The Red Maple Award is an award in the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading Awards. The Red Maple Award celebrates fiction (since 1998) and non-fiction (every other year since 2005) Canadian books for grades 7-8 (12-14) every year. Out of a ten nominated books in each category students must read a minimum of five to vote for their favourite. The winner is chosen by the most popular book in all participating libraries, schools, groups, etc.
The 2017 Winner for fiction is Shooter by Caroline Pignat.
The 2017 Winner for non-fiction is Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War by Michel Chikwanine, Jessica Dee Humphreys, & Claudia Dávila.
History
Five years after the original Silver Birch Award was created an award for grades 7-9, the Red Maple Award was created. In 2005 a non-fiction subcategory of the Red Maple Award was created. It runs on all odd numbered years.
Winners
Fiction[1]
| Year | Title | Author | Publishing Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | After the War | Carol Matas | Scholastic |
| 1999 | Janey's Girl | Gayle Friesen | Kids Can Press |
| 2000 | What They Don't Know | Anita Horrocks | Stoddart Kids |
| 2001 | Rebound | Eric Walters | |
| 2002 | Clara's War | Kathy Kacer | Second Story Press |
| 2003 | Losing Forever | Gayle Friesen | Kids Can Press |
| 2004 | Hit and Run | Norah McClintock | Scholastic |
| 2005 | Airborn | Kenneth Oppel | Harper Collins |
| 2006 | Skybreaker | Harper Collins Canada | |
| 2007 | We All Fall Down | Eric Walters | Random House |
| 2008 | Safe as Houses | Doubleday Canada | |
| 2009 | Out of the Cold | Norah McClintock | Scholastic Canada Ltd |
| 2010 | Word Nerd | Susin Nielsen | Tundra Books |
| 2011 | Not Suitable for Family Viewing | Vicki Grant | Harper Collins Canada |
| 2012 | Half Brother | Kenneth Oppel | |
| 2013 | The Vindico | Wesley King | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Penguin Group | |||
| 2014 | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen | Susin Nielsen | Tundra Books |
| 2015 | Rule of Three | Eric Walters | Penguin Book |
| 2016 | The Dogs | Allan Stratton | Scholastic Canada Ltd |
| 2017 | Shooter | Caroline Pignat | Razorbill |
Non-fiction
| Year | Title | Author | Publishing Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Scams! | Andreas Schroeder | Annick Press |
| 2007 | Thieves!: Ten Stories of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers and Daring Escapades | ||
| 2009 | Royal Murder | Elizabeth MacLeod | |
| 2011 | Bite of the Mango | Mariatu Kamara | |
| 2013 | Real Justice: Fourteen And Sentenced To Death | Bill Swan | James Lorimer & Company Ltd. |
| 2015 | The Last Train: A Holocaust Story | Rona Arato | Owlkids |
| 2017 | Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War | Michel Chikwanine | Kids Can Press, Ltd. |
| Jessica Dee Humphreys | |||
| Claudia Dávila |
Nominated Books
These are the books that were nominated for a Red Maple Award each year but were not chosen as a winner.
Fiction
The books are ordered by year and the author's last name (Last name of first author if multiple).
| Year | Title | Author(s) | Publishing Company/Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Stranger at Bay | Don Aker | Stoddart |
| A Light in the Dunes | Martha Attema | Orca | |
| No Fixed Address | Maureen Bayless | Scholastic | |
| What's Tuesday? | Mitzi Dale | Groundwood | |
| Douglas and McIntyre | |||
| Uncle Ronald | Brian Doyle | Groundwood | |
| Douglas & McIntyre | |||
| Back of Beyond | Sarah Ellis | Groundwood | |
| Douglas & McIntrye | |||
| Promise Song | Linda Holeman | Tundra Books | |
| Moonkid and Prometheus | Paul Kropp | Stoddart | |
| The Body in the Basement | Norah McClintock | Scholastic | |
| 1999 | Zack | William Bell | Doubleday |
| Angels Turn Their Backs | Margaret Buffie | Kids Can Press | |
| Mercy's Birds | Linda Holeman | Tundra Books | |
| Sins of the Father | Norah McClintock | Scholastic Canada | |
| Make or Break Spring | Janet McNaughton | Tuckamore Books | |
| Awake and Dreaming | Kit Pearson | Puffin Books | |
| War of the Eagles | Eric Walters | Orca | |
| Brad's Universe | Mary Woodbury | ||
| Stephen Fair | Tim Wynne-Jones | Groundwood | |
| 2000 | The Sunflower Diary | Lillian Boraks-Nemetz | University of Toronto Press |
| Alone At Ninety Foot | Katherine Holubitsky | Orca | |
| The Story Box | Monica Hughes | Harper Collins | |
| Touch of The Clown | Glen Huser | Groundwood Books | |
| Dahling, If You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile | Rukhsana Khan | Stoddart Kids | |
| Password: Murder | Norah McClintock | Scholastic | |
| Daughter | Ishbel Moore | Kids Can Press | |
| Sunwing | Kenneth Oppel | Harper Collins | |
| The Mystery of Ireland's Eye | Shane Peacock | Viking | |
| 2001 | The Breadwinner | Deborah Ellis | Groundwood |
| Men of Stone | Gayle Friesen | Kids Can Press | |
| Raspberry House Blues | Linda Holeman | Tundra | |
| Storm Warning | Monica Hughes | Harper Collins | |
| The Wreckers | Iain Lawrence | Deacorte Press | |
| Charlie Wilcox | Sharon McKay | Stoddart Kids | |
| Over the Edge | Norah McClintock | Scholastic | |
| The Secret Under My Skin | Janet McNaughton | Harper Collins | |
| The Boy in the Burning House | Tim Wynne-Jones | Groundwood |
References
- ↑ "Red Maple Archive" (PDF). Access Ontario Library Association (OLA).