Awards continue (not) to pour in…
Well, shunned by the Governor General’s Awards and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre book awards, I’m pleased to announce a hat trick.
The Ontario Library Association released the nominees for its various awards - the so-called “tree awards” - and I’m relieved to say I’m not a bridesmaid there either. I’ll look back on all this someday and laugh. Actually, I’ll look back on all this someday and it will all seem a long, long time ago…
Congratulations to Red Maple nominees (for ages 11 to 15):
- Darkwing, by Kenneth Oppel
- Endymion Spring, by Matthew Skelton
- Gemini Summer, byIain Lawrence
- Pirates Passage, by William Gilkerson
- The Rise of the Golden Cobra, by Henry T. Aubin
- Safe as Houses, by Eric Walters
- Sarah’s Legacy, by Valerie Sherrard
- Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen, by Glen Huser
- Stolen Away, by Christopher Dinsdale
- Where Soldiers Lie, by John Wilson
And to the White Pine nominees (ages 14+):
- Another Kind of Cowboy, by Susan Juby
- The Blue Helmet, by William Bell
- The Droughtlanders: Book One in Triskelia Series, by Carrie Mac
- The End of the World as We Know It, by Lesley Choyce
- Grist, by Heather Waldorf
- Keturah & Lord Death, by Martine Leavitt
- The Song of Kahunsha, by Anosh Irani
- The Space Between, by Don Aker
- The Warrior’s Daughter, by Holly Bennett
- Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay
