2020 Forest of Reading Award Nominees
The Ontario Library Association has announced the 2020 Forest of Reading Award Nominees, including the following titles of genre interest:
Silver Birch Fiction Award (Grades 3-6)
- A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, Kelley Armstrong (Puffin Canada)
- Sweep, Jonathan Auxier (Abrams)
- Oculum, Philippa Dowding (DCB)
- Wings of Olympus, Kallie George (HarperCollins)
- The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane, Julia Nobel (Sourcebooks Young Readers)
Red Maple Award (Fiction for Grades 7-8)
- Call of the Wraith, Kevin Sands (Aladdin)
- The Light Between Worlds, Laura E. Weymouth (HarperTeen)
White Pine Award (Fiction for High Schoolers)
- Crown of Feathers, Nicki Pau Preto (Simon Pulse)
The Forest of Reading is “Canada’s largest recreational reading program” and aims to “encourage a love of reading in people of all ages” and “celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators.”
Winners are determined by a vote of more than 270,000 students across Canada. They will be announced June 16, 2020 as part of the online Forest of Reading Festival hosted by CBC Books.
For more information, including complete lists of nominees, visit the Ontario Library Association website.
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