2024 Forest of Reading Award Nominees
Forest of Reading has announced the 2024 Forest of Reading Award Nominees, including the following titles of genre interest.
White Pine Award (Fiction for High Schoolers)
- Of Light and Shadow, Tanaz Bhathena (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
- Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, Cherie Dimaline (Tundra)
- As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow, Zoulfa Katouh (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Red Maple Award (Fiction for Grades 7-8)
- Beatrice and Croc Harry, Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins)
- The Druid’s Call, E.K. Johnston (Random House Worlds)
- Seekers of the Fox, Kevin Sands (Puffin Canada)
- Squire, Nadia Shammas (Quill Tree/HarperAlley)
- The Last Saxon King, Andrew Varga (Imbrifex)
Silver Birch Fiction Award (Grades 5-6)
- Gnome is Where Your Heart Is, Casey Lyall (Greenwillow)
- Apartment 713, Kevin Sylvester (HarperCollins)
- The Boy Who Woke the Sun, A.T. Woodley, illustrated by Mike Deas (Red Deer)
Prix Tamarac
- Zipolaris: La nuit des morloups, J.L. Blanchard (Fides)
- Le jeu qui voulait ma peau, Magali Laurent (Bayard)
- La fin du monde est pour demain, André Marois (Bayard)
Prix Mélèze
- La chambre numéro 7, Martine Latulippe, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant (La courte échelle)
- Mina et sa bête, Caroline Merola (La courte échelle)
Prix Peuplier
- Papa est une princesse, Dana Blue, illustrated by Catherine Petit (Boomerang)
- Dans les souliers d’Amédée, Véronique Lambert, illustrated by Éléna Comte (Fonfon)
The Forest of Reading is “Canada’s largest recreational reading program,” aiming 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.
For more information, including complete lists of nominees, visit the Forest of Reading website.
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