Forest of Reading Red Maple Award facts for kids
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 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.
Winners
So far, there have been 22 awards in fiction and 8 in non fiction.
Only seven authors have won the award more than once: Eric Walters (2001, 2007 Fiction, 2008, 2015 Fiction) with 4, Susin Neilsen (2010, 2014, 2020) and Kenneth Oppel (2005 Fiction, 2006, 2012) with 3 each, and Gayle Friesen (1999, 2003), Wesley King (2013 Fiction, 2019 Fiction), Norah McClintock (2004, 2009 Fiction), and Andreas Schroeder (2005 Non-fiction, 2007 non-fiction) with 2 each. Friesen was the first to win the award twice, while Walters was the first to win 3 and 4 times.
Kenneth Oppel was the first to win back to back in 2005 and 2006, followed by Eric Walters in 2007 and 2008. Andreas Schroeder was the first to win back to back in non-fiction in 2005 and 2007.
Carol Matas was the first fiction winner, while Andreas Schroeder was the first non-fiction winner.
Fiction
| 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 |
| 2018 | The Winnowing | Vikki VanSickle | Scholastic Canada Ltd |
| 2019 | A World Below | Wesley King | Paula Wiseman Books |
| 2020 | No Fixed Address | Susin Nielsen | Tundra Books |
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 | |||
| 2019 | Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea | Sungju Lee | Abrams Amulet |
| Susan McClelland |
Nominated Books
These are the books that were nominated for a Red Maple Award each year but were not chosen as a winner.
Fiction (1998-2007)
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 & McIntyre | |||
| 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 E. 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 | |
| 2002 | Stones | William Bell | Seal Books |
| Whisperings of Magic | Karleen Bradford | HarperCollins Canada | |
| Whose Side Are You On? | Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion | Coteau Books | |
| A Bushel of Light | Troon Harrison | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Bone Beds of the Badlands | Shane Peacock | Puffin Canada | |
| Dust | Arthur Slade | Harper Trophy Canada | |
| Across the Steel River | Ted Stenhouse | Kids Can Press | |
| By the Standing Stone | Maxime Trottier | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Bully Boys | Eric Walters | Puffin Canada | |
| 2003 | The Carved Box | Gillian Chan | Kids Can Press |
| Irish Chain | Barbara Haworth-Attard | Harper Collins | |
| Flood | James Heneghan | Groundwood Books | |
| The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal | J.C. Mills | Key Porter Books | |
| Firewing | Kenneth Oppel | Harper Collins | |
| Out of the Ashes: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery | Valerie Sherrard | Boardwalk Books | |
| City of the Dead | Sharon Stewart | Red Deer Press | |
| Saving Jasey | Diane Tullson | Orca Books | |
| Fractures | Budge Wilson | Penguin Books | |
| 2004 | Parvana's Journey | Deborah Ellis | Groundwood Books |
| The Dirt Eaters | Dennis Foon | Annick Press | |
| In Spite of Killer Bees | Julie Johnston | Tundra Books | |
| The Bussaneers | Iain Lawrence | Delacourte Press | |
| Waiting for Sarah | Bruce McBay | Orca | |
| James Heneghan | |||
| Charlie Wilcox's Great War | Sharon McKay | Penguin Group | |
| An Earthly Knight | Janet McNaughton | HarperCollins | |
| On Wings of a Dragon | Cora Taylor | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Run | Eric Walters | Penguin Group | |
| 2005 | The Heaven Shop | Deborah Ellis | Fitzhenry & Whiteside |
| Stitches | Glen Huser | Groundwood | |
| Peacekeepers | Dianne Linden | Coteau | |
| The Mob | Clem Martini | Kids Can | |
| Dead and Gone | Norah McClintock | Scholastic Canada | |
| A Different Kind of Beauty | Sylvia McNicoll | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Nobody's Child | Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch | Dundurn Press | |
| Sister to the Wolf | Maxine Trottier | Kids Can | |
| The Princess Pawn | Maggie L. Wood | Sumach | |
| 2006 | After Sylvia | Alan Cumyn | Groundwood |
| Gravesavers | Sheree Fitch | Doubleday Canada | |
| Sower of Tales | Rachna Gilmore | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Blood Brothers | Marilyn Halvorson | ||
| Mercury Man | Tom Henighan | Dundurn Press | |
| Lost Goat Lane | Rosa Jordan | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Convicts | Iain Lawrence | Delacorte Press | |
| Random House | |||
| Greenies | Myra Paperny | Harper Collins Canada | |
| From Charlie's Point of View | Richard Scrimger | Tundra Books | |
| 2007 | Johnny Kellock Died Today | Hadley Dyer | HarperCollins Canada |
| The Isabel Factor | Gayle Friesen | Kids Can Press | |
| The Girls They Left Behind | Bernice Thurman Hunter | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| Born to Rock | Gordan Korman | Scholastic Canada | |
| The Plague. Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles | Clem Martini | Kids Can Press | |
| Not a Trace: A Chole and Levesque Mystery | Norah McClintock | Scholastic Canada | |
| The Raintree Rebellion | Janet McNaughton | HarperCollins | |
| Megiddo's Shadow | Arthur Slade | HarperCollins Canada | |
| Red Goodwin | John Wilson | Ronsdale |
Fiction (2008-2017)
| Year | Title | Author(s) | Publishing Company/Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Rise of the Golden Cobra | Henry T. Aubin | Annick Press |
| Stolen Away | Christopher Dinsdale | Napoleon & Company | |
| Pirate's Passage | William Gilkerson | Trumpeter | |
| Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen | Glen Huser | Groundwood Books | |
| Gemini Summer | Iain Lawrence | Delacourte Press | |
| Darkwing | Kenneth Oppel | HarperCollins | |
| Sarah's Legacy | Valerie Sherrard | Boardwalk | |
| Dundurn Group | |||
| Endymion Spring | Matthew Skelton | Penguin | |
| Where Soldiers Lie | John Wilson | Key Porter Books |
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