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 (ages 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.
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.
So far, there have been 22 awards in fiction and 8 in non fiction.[1][2]
Only seven authors have won the award more than once: Eric Walters (2001, 2007 Fiction, 2008, 2015 Fiction) with four, Susin Neilsen (2010, 2014, 2020) and Kenneth Oppel (2005 Fiction, 2006, 2012) with three 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 two each. Friesen was the first to win the award twice, while Walters was the first to win three and four 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
1990s
| Year | Book | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998[3] | After the War | Carol Matas |
| Stranger at Bay | Don Aker | |
| A Light in the Dunes | Martha Attema | |
| No Fixed Address | Maureen Bayless | |
| What's Tuesday? | Mitzi Dale | |
| Uncle Ronald | Brian Doyle | |
| Back of Beyond | Sarah Ellis | |
| Promise Song | Linda Holeman | |
| Moonkid and Prometheus | Paul Kropp | |
| The Body in the Basement | Norah McClintock | |
| 1999[4] | Janey's Girl | Gayle Friesen |
| Zack | William Bell | |
| Angels Turn Their Backs | Margaret Buffie | |
| Mercy's Birds | Linda Holeman | |
| Sins of the Father | Norah McClintock | |
| Make or Break Spring | Janet McNaughton | |
| Awake and Dreaming | Kit Pearson | |
| War of the Eagles | Eric Walters | |
| Brad's Universe | Mary Woodbury | |
| Stephen Fair | Tim Wynne-Jones |
2000s
| Year | Book | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000[4] | What They Don't Know | Anita Horrocks |
| The Sunflower Diary | Lillian Boraks-Nemetz | |
| Alone At Ninety Foot | Katherine Nolubitsky | |
| The Story Box | Monica Hughes | |
| Touch of the Clown | Glen Huser | |
| Dahling, If You Luv Me Would You Please Smile | Rukhsana Khan | |
| Password: Murder | Norah McClintock | |
| Daughter | Ishbel Moore | |
| Sunwing | Kenneth Oppel | |
| The Mystery of Ireland's Eye | Shane Peacock | |
| 2001[4] | Rebound | Eric Walters |
| The Breadwinner | Deborah Ellis | |
| Men of Stone | Gayle Friesen | |
| Raspberry House Blues | Linda Holeman | |
| Storm Warning | Monica Hughes | |
| The Wreckers | Iain Lawrence | |
| Charlie Wilcox | Sharon McKay | |
| Over the Edge | Norah McClintock | |
| The Secret Under My Skin | Janet McNaughton | |
| The Boy in the Burning House | Tim Whynne-Jones | |
| 2002[4] | Clara's War | Kathy Kacer |
| A Bushel of Light | Troon Harrison | |
| Across the Steel River | Ted Stenhouse | |
| Bone Beds of the Badlands | Shane Peacock | |
| Bully Boys | Eric Walters | |
| By the Standing Stone | Maxine Trottier | |
| Dust | Arthur Slade | |
| Stones | William Bell | |
| Whisperings of Magic | Karleen Bradford | |
| Whose Side Are You On? | Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion | |
| 2003[4] | Losing Forever | Gayle Friesen |
| The Carved Box | Gillian Chan | |
| City of the Dead | Sharon Stewart | |
| Firewing | Kenneth Oppel | |
| Flood | James Heneghan | |
| Fractures | Budge Wilson | |
| The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal | J.C. Mills | |
| Irish Chain | Barbara Haworth-Attard | |
| Out of the Ashes: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery | Valerie Sherrard | |
| Saving Jasey | Diane Tullson | |
| 2004[4] | Hit and Run | Norah McClintock |
| Parvana's Journey | Deborah Ellis | |
| The Dirt Eaters | Dennis Foon | |
| In Spite of Killer Bees | Julie Johnston | |
| The Buccaneers | Iain Lawrence | |
| Waiting for Sarah | Bruce McBay & James Heneghan | |
| Charlie Wilcox's Great War | Sharon McKay | |
| An Earthly Knight | Janet McNaughton | |
| On Wings of a Dragon | Cora Taylor | |
| Run | Eric Walters | |
| 2005[4] | Airborn | Kenneth Oppel |
| A Different Kind of Beauty | Sylvia McNicoll | |
| Dead and Gone | Norah McClintock | |
| The Heaven Shop | Deborah Ellis | |
| The Mob | Clem Martini | |
| Nobody's Child | Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch | |
| Peacekeepers | Dianne Linden | |
| The Princess Pawn | Maggie L. Wood | |
| Sister to the Wolf | Maxine Trottier | |
| Stitches | Glen Huser | |
| 2006[4] | Skybreaker | Kenneth Oppel |
| After Sylvia | Alan Cumyn | |
| Blood Brothers | Marilyn Halvorson | |
| Convicts | Iain Lawrence | |
| From Charlie's Point of View | Richard Scrimger | |
| Gravesavers | Sheree Fitch | |
| Greenies | Myra Paperny | |
| Lost Goat Lane | Rosa Jordan | |
| Mercury Man | Tom Henighan | |
| Sower Of Tales | Rachna Gilmore | |
| 2007[4] | We All Fall Down | Eric Walters |
| Born to Rock | Gordan Korman | |
| The Girls They Left Behind | Bernice Thurman Hunter | |
| The Isabel Factor | Gayle Friesen | |
| Johnny Kellock Died Today | Hadley Dyer | |
| Megiddo's Shadow | Arthur Slade | |
| Not a Trace Series: A Chloe and Levesque Mystery | Norah McClintock | |
| The Plague. Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles | Clem Martini | |
| The Raintree Rebellion | Janet McNaughton | |
| Red Goodwin | John Wilson | |
| 2008[4] | Safe as Houses | Eric Walters |
| Darkwing | Kenneth Oppel | |
| Endymion Spring | Matthew Skelton | |
| Gemini Summer | Iain Lawrence | |
| Pirate's Passage | William Gilkerson | |
| The Rise of the Golden Cobra | Henry T. Aubin | |
| Sarah's Legacy | Valerie Sherrard | |
| Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen | Glen Huser | |
| Stolen Away | Christopher Dinsdale | |
| Where Soldiers Lie | John Wilson | |
| 2009[4] | Out of the Cold | Norah McClintock |
| The Castaways | Iain Lawrence | |
| Egghead | Caroline Pignat | |
| Elijah of Buxton | Christopher Paul Curtis | |
| Frost | Nicole Luiken | |
| Not Fair, Clare | Yvonne Prinz | |
| Payback | James Heneghan | |
| A Perfect Gentle Knight | Kit Pearson | |
| Perilous Passage | B.J. Bayle | |
| Way Lies North | Jean Rae Baxter | |
2010s
| Year | Book | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010[4] | Word Nerd | Susin Nielsen |
| After | Hazel Hutchins | |
| Greener Grass | Caroline Pignat | |
| Leaving Fletchville | René Schmidt | |
| Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories | Deborah Ellis | |
| Night Runner | Max Turner | |
| The Shepard's Granddaughter | Anne Laurel Carter | |
| Starclimber | Kenneth Oppel | |
| Submarine Outlaw | Philip Roy | |
| War Brothers | Sharon E. McKay | |
| 2011[4] | Not Suitable for Family Viewing | Vicki Grant |
| The Agency: A Spy in the House | Y.S. Lee | |
| Ghost Ride | Marina Cohen | |
| Haunted | Barbara Haworth-Attard | |
| My Name is Henry Bibb | Afua Cooper | |
| Nieve | Terry Griggs | |
| Only in the Movies | William Bell | |
| POP | Gordan Korman | |
| The Summoning | Kelley Armstrong | |
| Wounded | Eric Walters | |
| 2012[4] | Half Brother | Kenneth Oppel |
| Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom | Susin Nielsen | |
| Dust City | Robert Paul Weston | |
| Fanatics | William Bell | |
| Fly Boy | Eric Walters | |
| Haunting Violet | Alyxandra Harvey | |
| Home Truths | Jill MacLean | |
| No Safe Place | Deborah Ellis | |
| Thunder Over Kandahar | Sharon E. McKay & Rafal Gerszak | |
| Torn from Troy | Patrick Bowman | |
| 2013[4] | The Vindico | Wesley King |
| crush. candy. corpse. | Sylvia McNicoll | |
| The Dragon Turn: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 5th Case | Shane Peacock | |
| End of Days | Eric Walters | |
| First Descent | Pam Withers | |
| Testify | Valerie Sherrard | |
| This Dark Endeavour | Kenneth Oppel | |
| The Tiffin | Mahtab Narsimhan | |
| The Town That Drowned | Riel Nason | |
| The Vampire Stalker | Allison Van Diepen | |
| 2014[4] | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen | Susin Nielsen |
| Between Heaven and Earth | Eric Walters | |
| Counting Back from Nine | Valerie Sherrard | |
| Devil's Pass | Sigmund Brouwer | |
| Jump Cut | Ted Staunton | |
| Loki's Wolves: The Blackwell Pages | K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr | |
| My Name is Parvana | Deborah Ellis | |
| Oak Island Revenge | Cynthia d'Entremont | |
| Small Medium at Large | Joanne Levy | |
| Such Wicked Intent | Kenneth Oppel | |
| 2015[4] | Rule of Three | Eric Walters |
| The Boundless | Kenneth Oppel | |
| The Comic Book War | Jacqueline Guest | |
| Dead Man's Switch | Sigmund Brouwer | |
| How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied | Jess Keating | |
| Outside In | Sarah Ellis | |
| The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden | Philippa Dowdling | |
| Summer Days, Starry Nights | Vikki VanSickle | |
| Unspeakable | Caroline Pignat | |
| Zomboy | Richard Scrimger | |
| 2016[4] | The Dogs | Allan Stratton |
| The Cat at the Wall | Deborah Ellis | |
| Fragile Bones: Harrison and Anna | Lorna Schultz Nicholson | |
| The Gospel Truth | Caroline Pignat | |
| Prison Boy | Sharon E. McKay | |
| The Truth Commission | Susan Juby | |
| Uncertain Soldier | Karen Bass | |
| Walking Home | Eric Walters | |
| We Are All Made of Molecules | Susin Nielsen | |
| Young Man with Camera: A Novel with Photographs | Emil Sher & David Wyman | |
| 2017[4] | Shooter | Caroline Pignat |
| Born With: Erika and Gianni | Lorna Schultz Nicholson | |
| Flickers | Arthur Slade | |
| The Hill | Karen Bass | |
| Lucky Jonah | Richard Scrimger | |
| MiNRS | Kevin Sylvester | |
| Sea Change | Frank Viva | |
| Shattered Glass | Teresa Toten | |
| Trouble is a Friend of Mine | Stephanie Tromly | |
| The Unquiet Past | Kelley Armstrong | |
| 2018[4] | The Winnowing | Vikki VanSickle |
| And Then the Sky Exploded | David A. Pulsen | |
| Bent Not Broken: Madeline and Justin | Lorna Schultz Nicholson | |
| Hawk | Jennifer Dance | |
| Laura Monster Crusher | Wesley King | |
| Run | David Skuy | |
| Secret Path | Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire | |
| Short for Chameleon | Vicki Grant | |
| Summer's End | Joel A. Sutherland | |
| The Way Back Home | Allan Stratton | |
| 2019[4] | A World Below | Wesley King |
| The Assassin's Curse | Kevin Sands | |
| Don't Tell the Enemy | Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch | |
| Fourth Dimension | Eric Walters | |
| The Last Namsara | Kristen Ciccarelli | |
| Sadia | Colleen Nelson | |
| Skating Over Thin Ice | Jean Mills | |
| The Strange and Deadly Portaits of Bryony Gray | E. Latimer | |
| A Time to Run: Stuart & Sam | Lorna Schultz Nicholson | |
| Tracker's Canyon | Pam Withers | |
2020s
| Year | Book | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020[5] | No Fixed Address | Susin Nielsen |
| Call of the Wraith | Kevin Sands | |
| Crush | Svetlana Chmakova | |
| A Grain of Rice | Nhung N. Tran-Davies | |
| In the Key of Nira Ghandi | Natasha Deen | |
| The Light Between Worlds | Laura E. Weymouth | |
| Operatic | Kyo Maclear & Byron Eggenschwiler | |
| Stowaway | Pam Withers | |
| Surviving the City | Tasha Spillett & Natasha Donovan | |
| The Unteachables | Gordon Korman | |
| 2021[4] | Bloom | Kenneth Oppel |
| Broken Strings | Eric Walters & Kathy Kacer | |
| Dragon Assassin | Arthur Slade | |
| If I Go Missing | Brianna Jonnie, Nahanni Shingoose, & Neal Shannacappo | |
| The Other Side | Heather Camlot | |
| The Rise and Fall of Derek Cowell | Valerie Sherrard | |
| Safe Harbour | Christina Killbourne | |
| Sara and the Search for Normal | Wesley King | |
| A Treason of Thorns | Laura E. Weymouth | |
| Yara's Spring | Jamal Saeed & Sharon E. McKay | |
| 2022[6][7] | The King of Jam Sandwiches | Eric Walters |
| Birdspell | Valerie Sherrard | |
| The Coming Storm | Regina M. Hansen | |
| Firefly | Philippa Dowding | |
| Linked | Gordon Korman | |
| Sisters of the Snake | Sarena Nanua & Sasha Nanua | |
| Sisters of the Wolf | Patricia Miller-Schroeder | |
| From the Roots Up | Tasha Spillett & Natasha Donovan | |
| Tremendous Things | Susin Nielsen | |
| Under Amelia's Wing | Heather Stemp | |
| 2023[8] | Batter Royale | Leisl Adams |
| The Bear House | Meghan McIsaac | |
| Eight Days | Teresa Toten | |
| Let the Monster Out | Chad Lucas | |
| On the Line | Paul Coccia & Eric Walters | |
| The Ribbon Leaf | Lori Weber | |
| Sorry for Your Loss | Joanne Levy | |
| Children of the Fox | Kevin Sands | |
| Under the Iron Bridge | Kathy Kacer | |
| Walking in Two Worlds | Wab Kinew |
Non-fiction
| Year | Title | Author | Publishing Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005[4] | Scams! | Andreas Schroeder | Annick Press |
| 2007[4] | Thieves!: Ten Stories of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers and Daring Escapades | ||
| 2009[4] | Royal Murder | Elizabeth MacLeod | |
| 2011[4] | Bite of the Mango | Mariatu Kamara | |
| 2013[4] | Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death | Bill Swan | James Lorimer & Company Ltd. |
| 2015[4] | The Last Train: A Holocaust Story | Rona Arato | Owlkids |
| 2017[4] | Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War | Michel Chikwanine | Kids Can Press, Ltd. |
| Jessica Dee Humphreys | |||
| Claudia Dávila | |||
| 2019[4] | Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea | Sungju Lee | Abrams Amulet |
| Susan McClelland |
References
- "Red Maple Archive" (PDF). Access Ontario Library Association (OLA).
- "Red Maple Award: Available Years". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- "Red Maple Nominees, 1998". Queen's University Library. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- Ontario Library Association. "Red Maple Award™ Winners and Nominees 1998–2021" (PDF). Forest of Reading. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- Ontario Library Association (June 16, 2020). "2020 Forest of Reading Winners Announced at Virtual Edition of the Forest of Reading Festival (News Release)" (PDF). Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- "Check out the 2022 Forest of Reading winners!". Kingston Frontenac Public Library. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- "Forest of Reading reveals chosen books for 2021/22 program — students across Canada will choose the winners". CBC Books. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- "Forest of Reading reveals chosen books for 2023 program — students across Canada will choose the winners". CBC Books. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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