Puffin Rock by Bruce Heneghan, James; McBay

Promises to Come, Overlea House (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1988. Bond) Goodbye, Carleton High, Scholastic-TAB (New York, NY), 1983. (With Bruce McBay, under joint pseudonym B. (With Bruce McBay) Puffin Rock, illustrated by Vesna Krstanovich, Book Society of Canada (Agincourt, Ontario, Canada), 1980. Christie Silver Seal Award, best books citation, New York Library, 2000, and best sci-fi books designation, Voice of Youth Advocates, all for The Grave. Egoff British Columbia Children's Literature awards, for Flood, Wish Me Luck, and The Grave Best Books for Young Adults citations, American Library Association, for Torn Away and The Grave Governor General's Award nomination, for Wish Me Luck Mr. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Writers Union of Canada, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, Children's Writers and Illustrators of British Columbia.Īrthur Ellis Crime Writing Award, for Torn Away Sheila A. The Plague.Writer and educator formerly a policeman in Liverpool, England Vancouver Police, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, fingerprint specialist for twelve years Burnaby High School, Burnaby, British Columbia, English teacher for twenty years. Not a Trace Series: A Chloe and Levesque Mystery Out of the Ashes: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal Andreas Schroeder was the first to win back to back in non-fiction in 20.Ĭarol Matas was the first fiction winner, while Andreas Schroeder was the first non-fiction winner.ĭahling, If You Luv Me Would You Please Smile Kenneth Oppel was the first to win back to back in 20, followed by Eric Walters in 20. Friesen was the first to win the award twice, while Walters was the first to win three and four times. 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.

So far, there have been 22 awards in fiction and 8 in non fiction. In 2005 a non-fiction subcategory of the Red Maple Award was created. The winner is chosen by the most popular book in all participating libraries, schools, groups, etc.įive years after the original Silver Birch Award was created an award for grades 7–9, the Red Maple Award was created. Out of ten nominated books in each category students must read a minimum of five to vote for their favourite.

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.

The Red Maple Award is an award in the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading Awards.

Puffin Rock by Bruce Heneghan, James; McBay