Ontario Library Association
Red Maple Award
The Red Maple Awards are run by the Ontario Library Association and voted on by groups of students in grades 7 and 8. For more details, visit the official site.
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2015
Fiction
- Eric Walters – Rule of Three
Also shortlisted:
- Sigmund Brouwer – Dead Man's Switch
- Philippa Dowding – The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden
- Sarah Ellis – Outside In
- Jacqueline Guest – The Comic Book War
- Jess Keating – How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied
- Kenneth Oppel – The Boundless
- Caroline Pignat – Unspeakable
- Richard Scrimger – Zomboy
- Vikki VanSickle – Summer Days, Starry Nights
Non-fiction
- Rona Arato – The Last Train
Also shortlisted:
- Deborah Ellis – Looks Like Daylight
- Sarah Elton, Jeff Kulak – Starting From Scratch
- Cynthia J. Faryon – Sentenced to Life at Seventeen
- Jennifer Gardy, Josh Holinaty – It's Catching
- Robbie Robertson, Sebastian Robertson – Legends, Icons & Rebels
- Nancy Runstedler – Pay It Forward Kids
- Rikia Saddy, Cameron McLellan – We Are Canada
- Kira Vermond, Carl Chin – Growing Up, Inside and Out
- Niki Walker – Why Do We Fight?
2014
- Susin Nielsen – The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
Also shortlisted:
- Eric Walters – Between Heaven and Earth
- Valerie Sherrard – Counting Back from Nine
- Sigmund Brouwer – Devil's Pass
- Ted Staunton – Jump Cut
- K.L Armstong, M.A Marr – Loki's Wolves
- Deborah Ellis – My Name is Parvana
- Cynthia d'Entremont – Oak Island Revenge
- Joanne Levy – Small Medium at Large
- Kenneth Oppel – Such Wicked Intent
2013
Fiction
- Wesley King – The Vindico
Also shortlisted:
- Sylvia McNicoll – crush. candy. corpse.
- Shane Peacock – The Dragon Turn
- Eric Walters – End of Days
- Pam Withers – First Descent
- Valerie Sherrard – Testify
- Kenneth Oppel – This Dark Endeavour
- Mahtab Narsimhan – The Tiffin
- Riel Nason – The Town That Drowned
- Allison Van Diepen – The Vampire Stalker
Non-fiction
- Bill Swan – Real Justice
Also shortlisted:
- Dr. Michael Evans, David Wichman, Gareth Williams – The Adventures of Medical Man
- Rafal Gerszak, Dawn Hunter – Beyond Bullets
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – Last Airlift
- Claire Eamer – Lizards in the Sky
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Clayton Hanmer – The Lowdown On Denim
- Steve Pitt, Ray Zahab – Running To Extremes
- Ian McAllister, Nicholas Read – The Sea Wolves
- Kira Vermond, Clayton Hanmer – The Secret Life of Money
- Jeff Szpirglas, Josh Holinaty – You Just Can't Help It!
2012
- Kenneth Oppel – Half Brother
Also shortlisted:
- Susin Nielsen – Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom
- Robert Paul Weston – Dust City
- William Bell – Fanatics
- Eric Walters – Fly Boy
- Alyxandra Harvey – Haunting Violet
- Jill MacLean – Home Truths
- Deborah Ellis – No Safe Place
- Sharon E. McKay, Rafal Gerszak – Thunder Over Kandahar
- Patrick Bowman – Torn from Troy
2011
Fiction
- Vicki Grant – Not Suitable for Family Viewing
Also shortlisted:
- Y.S. Lee – The Agency: A Spy in the House
- Marina Cohen – Ghost Ride
- Barbara Haworth-Attard – Haunted
- Afua Cooper – My Name is Henry Bibb
- Terry Griggs – Nieve
- William Bell – Only in the Movies
- Gordon Korman – POP
- Kelley Armstrong – The Summoning
- Eric Walters – Wounded
Non-Fiction
- Mariatu Kamara – The Bite of the Mango
Also shortlisted:
- Priscilla Galloway, Dawn Hunter – Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road
- Beryl Young – Charlie
- Jennifer Power Scott – Green Careers
- Kathy Clark – Guardian Angel House
- Jonathan Webb – Journey to Mars
- Susan Hughes, Willow Dawson – No Girls Allowed
- Eric Walters – Tell Me Why
- Hadley Dyer, Marc Ngui – Watch This Space
- Kathy Kacer, Sharon McKay – Whispers from the Ghettos
2010
- Susin Neilsen – Word Nerd
Also shortlisted:
- Anne Laurel Carter – The Shepherd's Granddaughter
- Deborah Ellis – Lunch with Lenin
- Hazel Hutchins – After
- Sharon E. McKay – War Brothers
- Kenneth Oppel – Starclimber
- Caroline Pignat – Greener Grass
- Philip Roy – Submarine Outlaw
- Rene Schmidt – Leaving Fletchville
- Max Turner – Night Runner
2009
Fiction
Also shortlisted:
- B.J. Bayle – Perilous Passage
- Jean Rae Baxter – Way Lies North
- Christopher Paul Curtis – Elijah of Buxton
- James Heneghan – Payback
- Iain Lawrence – The Castaways
- Nicole Luiken – Frost
- Kit Pearson – A Perfect Gentle Knight
- Caroline Pignat – Egghead
- Yvonne Prinz – Not Fair, Clare
Non-Fiction
- Elizabeth MacLeod – Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten Sovereigns
Also shortlisted:
- Hugh Brewster – At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I Victory
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi – Canadian Boys Who Rocked the World
- Antonia Banyard – Dangerous Crossings!
- John Wilson – Desperate Glory: The Story of WWI
- Wendy Lewis – Fire on the Water
- David Morley – Healing Our World
- Anne Renaud – Island of Hope and Sorrow
- Elizabeth MacLeod – The Kids Book of Canada at War
- Ed Butts – SOS: Stories of Survival
2008
- Eric Walters – Safe as Houses
Also shortlisted:
- Henry T. Aubin – The Rise of the Golden Cobra
- Christopher Dinsdale – Stolen Away
- William Gilkerson – Pirate's Passage
- Glen Huser – Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
- Iain Lawrence – Gemini Summer
- Kenneth Oppel – Darkwing
- Valerie Sherrard – Sarah's Legacy
- Matthew Skelton – Endymion Spring
- John Wilson – Where Soldiers Lie
2007
Fiction
- Eric Walters – We All Fall Down
Also shortlisted:
- Hadley Dyer – Johnny Kellock Died Today
- Gayle Friesen – The Isabel Factor
- Bernice Thurman Hunter – The Girls They Left Behind
- Gordon Korman – Born to Rock
- Clem Martini – The Plague
- Norah McClintock – Not a Trace
- Janet McNaughton – The Raintree Rebellion
- Arthur Slade – Megiddo's Shadow
- John Wilson – Red Goodwin
Non-Fiction
- Andreas Schroeder – Thieves!
Also shortlisted:
- Michael Boughn – Into the World of the Dead
- John Cooper – Season of Rage
- Eve Drobot – Money, Money, Money
- Deborah Ellis – Our Stories, Our Songs
- Shari Graydon – In Your Face
- Nate Hendley – Jean Chrétien
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi – The Blue Jean Book
- Trish Snyder – Alligator & Crocodile Rescue
- Janice Weaver & Frieda Wishinsky – It's Your Room
2006
- Kenneth Oppel – Skybreaker
Also shortlisted:
- Alan Cumyn – After Sylvia
- Sheree Fitch – The Gravesavers
- Rachna Gilmore – Sower of Tales
- Marilyn Halvorson – Blood Brothers
- Tom Henighan – Mercury Man
- Rosa Jordan – Lost Goat Lane
- Iain Lawrence – Convicts
- Myra Paperny – Greenies
- Richard Scrimger – From Charlie's Point of View
2005
Fiction
- Kenneth Oppel – Airborn
Also shortlisted:
- Deborah Ellis – The Heaven Shop
- Glen Huser – Stitches
- Dianne Linden – Peacekeepers
- Clem Martini – The Mob
- Norah McClintock – Dead and Gone
- Sylvia McNicoll – A Different Kind of Beauty
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – Nobody's Child
- Maxine Trottier – Sister to the Wolf
- Maggie L. Wood – The Princess Pawn
Non-Fiction
- Andreas Schroeder – Scams!
Also shortlisted:
- Gena K. Gorrell – Working Like a Dog
- Linda Granfield – I Remember Korea
- Shari Graydon – Made You Look
- Victoria Miles – Wild Science Them
- Janice Weaver – From Head to Toe
2004
Also shortlisted:
- Deborah Ellis – Parvana's Journey
- Dennis Foon – The Dirt Eaters
- Julie Johnston – In Spite of Killer Bees
- Iain Lawrence – The Buccaneers
- Bruce McBay and James Heneghan – Waiting for Sarah
- Sharon McKay – Charlie Wilcox's Great War
- Janet McNaughton – An Earthly Knight
- Cora Taylor – On Wings of a Dragon
- Eric Walters – Run
2003
- Gayle Friesen – Losing Forever
Also shortlisted:
- Gillian Chan – The Carved Box
- Barbara Haworth-Attard – Irish Chain
- James Heneghan – Flood
- J.C. Mills – The Sacred Seal
- Kenneth Oppel – Firewing
- Valerie Sherrard – Out of the Ashes
- Sharon Stewart – City of the Dead
- Diane Tullson – Saving Jasey
- Budge Wilson – Fractures
2002
- Kathy Kacer – Clara's War
Also shortlisted:
- William Bell – Stones
- Karleen Bradford – Whisperings of Magic
- Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion – Whose Side Are You On?
- Troon Harrison – A Bushel of Light
- Shane Peacock – Bone Beds of the Badlands
- Arthur Slade – Dust
- Ted Stenhouse – Across the Steel River
- Maxine Trottier – By the Standing Stone
- Eric Walters – The Bully Boys
2001
- Eric Walters – Rebound
Also shortlisted:
- Deborah Ellis – The Breadwinner
- Gayle Friesen – Men of Stone
- Linda Holeman – Raspberry House Blues
- Monica Hughes – Storm Warning
- Iain Lawrence – The Wreckers
- Norah McClintock – Over the Edge
- Sharon McKay – Charlie Wilcox
- Janet McNaughton – The Secret Under My Skin
- Tim Wynne-Jones – The Boy in the Burning House
2000
- Anita Horrocks – What They Don't Know
Also shortlisted:
- Lillian Boraks-Nemetz – The Sunflower Diary
- Katherine Holubitsky – Alone At Ninety Foot
- Monica Hughes – The Story Box
- Glen Huser – Touch of the Clown
- Rukhsana Khan – Dahling, If You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile
- Norah McClintock – Password: Murder
- Ishbel Moore – Daughter
- Kenneth Oppel – Sunwing
- Shane Peacock – The Mystery of Ireland's Eye
1999
- Gayle Friesen – Janey's Girl
Also shortlisted:
- William Bell – Zack
- Margaret Buffie – Angels Turn Their Backs
- Linda Holeman – Mercy's Birds
- Norah McClintock – Sins of the Father
- Janet McNaughton – Make or Break Spring
- Kit Pearson – Awake and Dreaming
- Eric Walters – War of the Eagles
- Mary Woodbury – Brad's Universe
- Tim Wynne-Jones – Stephen Fair
1998
- Carol Matas – After the War
Also shortlisted:
- Don Aker – Stranger at Bay
- Martha Attema – A Light in the Dunes
- Maureen Bayless – No Fixed Address
- Mitzi Dale – What's Tuesday?
- Brian Doyle – Uncle Ronald
- Sarah Ellis – Back of Beyond
- Linda Holeman – Promise Song
- Paul Kropp – Moonkid and Prometheus
- Norah McClintock – The Body in the Basement
