The Red Maple Award

(for Ontario students in grades 7 - 9.)

2007

Fiction

Winner

We All Fall Down by Eric Walters (Random House)

Nominees

Born to Rock by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Canada)
The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
The Isabel Factor by Gayle Friesen (Kids Can Press)
Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer (HarperCollins Canada)
Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins Canada)
Not a Trace by Norah McClintock (Scholastic Canada)
The Plague by Clem Martini (Kids Can Press)
The Raintree Rebellion by Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)
Red Goodwin by John Wilson (Ronsdale)
We All Fall Down by Eric Walters (Random House)

Non-Fiction

Winner

Thieves! Ten Stories of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers and Daring Escapade by Andreas Schroeder (Annick Press)

Nominees

Alligator & Crocodile Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife by Trish Snyder (Firefly Books)
The Blue Jean Book: The Story Behind the Seams by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (Annick Press)
In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You by Shari Graydon (Annick)
Into the World of the Dead: Astonishing Adventures in the Underworld by Michael Boughn (Annick)
It's Your Room: A Decorating Guide for Real Kids by Janice Weaver & Frieda Wishinsky. Illustrated by Claudia Dávila. (Tundra Books)
Jean Chrétien: The Scrapper who Climbed his Way to the Top by Nate Hendley. Illustrated by Gabriel Morrisette. (Jackfruit Press)
Money, Money, Money: Where It Comes From, How to Save It, Spend It and Make It by Eve Drobot. Illustrated by Claudia Dávila. (Maple Tree Press)
Our Stories, Our Songs African Children Talk About AIDS by Deborah Ellis (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
Season of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights by John Cooper (Tundra Books)
Thieves! Ten Stories of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers and Daring Escapade by Andreas Schroeder (Annick Press)

2006

Fiction Nominees

After Sylvia by Alan Cumyn
Blood Brothers by Marilyn Halvorson
Convicts by Iain Lawrence
From Charlie's Point Of View by Richard Scrimger
Gravesavers by Sheree Fitch
Greenies by Myra Paperny
Lost Goat Lane by Rosa Jordan
Mercury Man by Tom Henighan
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
Sower Of Tales by Rachna Gilmore

(Note: The award for 2006 will be for fiction only)

2005

Fiction Winner

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins)

Non-Fiction Winner

Scams! by Andreas Schroeder (Annick Press)

Fiction Nominees

A Different Kind of Beauty. by Sylvia McNicoll. Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Airborn. by Kenneth Oppel. HarperCollins
Dead and Gone. by Norah McClintock. Scholastic Canada
The Heaven Shop. by Deborah Ellis. Fitzhenry & Whiteside
The Mob. by Clem Martini. Kids Can
Nobody's Child. by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. Dundurn Press
Peacekeepers. by Dianne Linden. Coteau
The Princess Pawn. by Maggie L. Wood. Sumach
Sister to the Wolf. by Maxine Trottier. Kids Can Press
Stitches. by Glen Huser. Groundwood

Non-Fiction Nominees

From Head to Toe: Bound Feet, Bathing Suits, and Other Bizarre and Beautiful Things. By Janice Weaver Illustrator: Francis Blake. Tundra Books
I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53. By Linda Granfield. Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know. By Shari Graydon . Illustrator: Warren Clark. Annick Press
Scams! By Andreas Schroeder. Annick Press
Wild Science: Amazing Encounters Between Animals and the People Who Study Them. By Victoria Miles.
Raincoast
Working Like a Dog: The Story of Working Dogs Through History. By Gena K. Gorrell . Tundra

2004

Winner

Hit and Run by Norah McClintock (Scholastic Canada)

Runners-Up

Waiting for Sarah by Bruce McBay &James Heneghan (Orca Book Publishers)

The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon (Annick Press)

Nominees

Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon (Annick Press)
In Spite of Killer Beesby Julie Johnston (Tundra Books)
The Buccaneersby Iain Lawrence (Delacorte Press)
Waiting for Sarah by Bruce McBay and James Heneghan (Orca Book Publishers)
Hit and Run by Norah McClintock (Scholastic Canada)
Charlie Wilcox's Great War by Sharon McKay (Penguin Group)
An Earthly Knight by Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)
On Wings of a Dragon by Cora Taylor (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Run by Eric Walters (Penguin Group)



2002

2000

Anita Horrocks. What They Don't Know. Stoddart Kids