Jacqueline Guest

Jacqueline Guest CM is a Métis writer and activist from Alberta, Canada. Guest is a literacy advocate and a writers of books for children and young adults. In 2017 she was inducted into the Order of Canada.[1]

Selected works

Lorimer Sports Stories
  • Free Throw. Lorimer. 1999. ISBN 1-55028-664-1.[2][note 1]
  • Triple Threat. Lorimer. 1999. ISBN 1-55028-682-X.[4][note 1]

Historical fiction
  • Ghost Messages. Coteau Books. 2011. ISBN 978-1-55050-458-3.[5]
  • The Comic Book War. Coteau Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-55050-582-5.[6]

PathFinders series
  • Fire Fight. 7th Generation. 2015. ISBN 978-1-939053-11-4.[7]

Sam Stellar Mystery series
  • Death by Dinosaur. Coteau Books. 2018. ISBN 978-1-55050-943-4.[8]

Tourond series
  • Outcasts of River Falls. Coteau Books. 2012. ISBN 978-1-55050-480-4.[9][note 2]

Other

Notes
  1. Free Throw and Triple Threat won the 2012 American Indian Youth Literature Award for best middle school book.[3]
  2. Outcasts of River Falls won a gold award at the 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.[10]

References
  1. "Gord Downie appointed to Order of Canada for work on Indigenous issues". Toronto Star. Canadian Press. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. Cormier, Audrey (28 April 2000). "Free Throw". Canadian Review of Materials. VI (17).
  3. "From Rereleased Classics to New Titles, Accolades From the American Indian Library Association". Indian Country Today. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. Sumner, Luella (23 June 2000). "Triple Threat". Canadian Review of Materials. VI (21).
  5. Reviews for Ghost Messages:
  6. Reviews for The Comic Book War:
  7. "Fire Fight". Kirkus Reviews. 15 August 2015.
  8. Reviews for Death by Dinosaur:
  9. Allen, Amber (12 October 2012). "Outcasts of River Falls". Candian Review of Materials. XIX (6).
  10. "UPDATED: Canadian authors and poets in the Moonbeam spotlight". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. Robinson, Laura M. (Summer 2009). "Girlness and Guyness: Gender Trouble in Young Adult Literature". Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. 1 (1): 203–222. doi:10.1353/jeu.2010.0022. S2CID 55574213.
  12. Peters, Joanne (25 November 2005). "At Risk". Canadian Review of Materials. XII (7).
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