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.
2008
- Safe as Houses – Eric Walters
Also shortlisted:
- Darkwing – Kenneth Oppel
- Endymion Spring – Matthew Skelton
- Gemini Summer – Iain Lawrence
- Pirate's Passage – William Gilkerson
- The Rise of the Golden Cobra – Henry T. Aubin
- Sarah's Legacy – Valerie Sherrard
- Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen – Glen Huser
- Stolen Away – Christopher Dinsdale
- Where Soldiers Lie – John Wilson
2007
Fiction
- We All Fall Down – Eric Walters
Also shortlisted:
- Born to Rock – Gordon Korman
- The Girls They Left Behind – Bernice Thurman Hunter
- The Isabel Factor – Gayle Friesen
- Johnny Kellock Died Today – Hadley Dyer
- Megiddo's Shadow – Arthur Slade
- Not a Trace – Norah McClintock
- The Plague – Clem Martini
- The Raintree Rebellion – Janet McNaughton
- Red Goodwin – John Wilson
Non-Fiction
- Thieves! – Andreas Schroeder
Also shortlisted:
- Alligator & Crocodile Rescue – Trish Snyder
- The Blue Jean Book – Tanya Lloyd Kyi
- In Your Face – Shari Graydon
- Into the World of the Dead – Michael Boughn
- It's Your Room – Janice Weaver & Frieda Wishinsky
- Jean Chrétien – Nate Hendley
- Money, Money, Money – Eve Drobot
- Our Stories, Our Songs – Deborah Ellis
- Season of Rage – John Cooper
2006
- Skybreaker – Kenneth Oppel
Also shortlisted:
- After Sylvia – Alan Cumyn
- Blood Brothers – Marilyn Halvorson
- Convicts – Iain Lawrence
- From Charlie's Point Of View – Richard Scrimger
- Gravesavers – Sheree Fitch
- Greenies – Myra Paperny
- Lost Goat Lane – Rosa Jordan
- Mercury Man – Tom Henighan
- Sower Of Tales – Rachna Gilmore
2005
Fiction
- Airborn – Kenneth Oppel
Also shortlisted:
- A Different Kind of Beauty – Sylvia McNicoll
- Dead and Gone – Norah McClintock
- The Heaven Shop – Deborah Ellis
- The Mob – Clem Martini
- Nobody's Child – Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Peacekeepers – Dianne Linden
- The Princess Pawn – Maggie L. Wood
- Sister to the Wolf – Maxine Trottier
- Stitches – Glen Huser
Non-Fiction
- Scams! – Andreas Schroeder
Also shortlisted:
- From Head to Toe – Janice Weaver
- I Remember Korea – Linda Granfield
- Made You Look – Shari Graydon
- Wild Science Them – Victoria Miles
- Working Like a Dog – Gena K. Gorrell
2004
- Hit and Run – Norah McClintock
Also shortlisted:
- Parvana's Journey – Deborah Ellis
- The Dirt Eaters – Dennis Foon
- In Spite of Killer Bees – Julie Johnston
- The Buccaneers – Iain Lawrence
- Waiting for Sarah – Bruce McBay and James Heneghan
- Charlie Wilcox's Great War – Sharon McKay
- An Earthly Knight – Janet McNaughton
- On Wings of a Dragon – Cora Taylor
- Run – Eric Walters
2003
- Losing Forever – Gayle Friesen
Also shortlisted:
- The Carved Box – Gillian Chan
- City of the Dead – Sharon Stewart
- Firewing – Kenneth Oppel
- Flood – James Heneghan
- Fractures – Budge Wilson
- The Sacred Seal – J.C. Mills
- Irish Chain – Barbara Haworth-Attard
- Out of the Ashes – Valerie Sherrard
- Saving Jasey – Diane Tullson
2002
- Clara's War – Kathy Kacer
Also shortlisted:
- A Bushel of Light – Troon Harrison
- Across the Steel River – Ted Stenhouse
- Bone Beds of the Badlands – Shane Peacock
- Bully Boys – Eric Walters
- By the Standing Stone – Maxine Trottier
- Dust – Arthur Slade
- Stones – William Bell
- Whisperings of Magic – Karleen Bradford
- Whose Side Are You On? – Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion
2001
- Rebound – Eric Walters
Also shortlisted:
- The Breadwinner – Deborah Ellis
- Men of Stone – Gayle Friesen
- Raspberry House Blues – Linda Holeman
- Storm Warning – Monica Hughes
- The Wreckers – Iain Lawrence
- Charlie Wilcox – Sharon McKay
- Over the Edge – Norah McClintock
- The Secret Under My Skin – Janet McNaughton
- The Boy in the Burning House – Tim Wynne-Jones
2000
- What They Don't Know – Anita Horrocks
Also shortlisted:
- The Sunflower Diary – Lillian Boraks-Nemetz
- Alone At Ninety Foot – Katherine Holubitsky
- The Story Box – Monica Hughes
- Touch Of The Clown – Glen Huser
- Dahling, If You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile – Rukhsana Khan
- Password: Murder – Norah McClintock
- Daughter – Ishbel Moore
- Sunwing – Kenneth Oppel
- The Mystery of Ireland's Eye – Shane Peacock
1999
- Janey's Girl – Gayle Friesen
Also shortlisted:
- Zack – William Bell
- Angels Turn Their Backs – Margaret Buffie
- Mercy's Birds – Linda Holeman
- Sins of the Father – Norah McClintock
- Make or Break Spring – Janet McNaughton
- Awake and Dreaming – Kit Pearson
- War of the Eagles – Eric Walters
- Brad's Universe – Mary Woodbury
- Stephen Fair – Tim Wynne-Jones
1998
- After the War – Carol Matas
Also shortlisted:
- Stranger at Bay – Don Aker
- A Light in the Dunes – Martha Attema
- No Fixed Address – Maureen Bayless
- What’s Tuesday? – Mitzi Dale
- Uncle Ronald – Brian Doyle
- Back of Beyond – Sarah Ellis
- Promise Song – Linda Holeman
- Moonkid and Prometheus – Paul Kropp
- The Body in the Basement – Norah McClintock


