Firefly
AuthorPhilippa Dowding
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren, fiction
Published2021
PublisherDCB / Cormorant Books, Toronto
Media typePrint (paperback), digital (eBook)
Pages216
AwardGovernor General’s Literary Award
ISBN9781770865983

Firefly is a novel written by Canadian author Philippa Dowding, and published in 2021 by DCB / Cormorant Books in Toronto, Ontario. It won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People’s Literature - Text.[1]

Plot

Firefly is a thirteen-year-old girl looking for a new home after police take her unstable and violent mother away. She is discovered living in the park across from her mother's home and is forced by social services to live with her Aunt Gayle, owner of the Corseted Lady Costume Shop. While Firefly adjusts to having a roof over her head, she develops post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sets out on a quest to discover her true identity.

Reception

Firefly was generally well received in Canada. The Governor General’s Literary Award Peer Assessment Committee for the 2021 English-language awards wrote "Firefly will shine for readers and resonate long after they close this quietly powerful book.”[2] Teachers Guide at the 49th Shelf listed the novel for grades 4 to 7 in English Language Arts, and grades 6 to 8 in Social Science and Humanities.[3]

Awards

Awards for Firefly
Year Award Result Ref.
2021 Governor General's Award for Young People’s Literature - Text Winner [1][4][5]
2022 Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Nominee [6]
IODE Violet Downey Award Shortlist [7]
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award Winner [8]
2023 MYRCA Northern Lights Shortlist [9]
Rocky Mountain Book Awards Shortlist [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Awards: Governor General's Literary Winners; Porchlight Business Book Longlist". Shelf Awareness. November 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Firefly (Young People's Literature – Text – English)". Governor General's Literary Awards. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ "49th Kids for Teachers". 49thshelf.com. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ van Koeverden, Jane (November 17, 2021). "Young people's literature — text winner: Firefly by Philippa Dowding". CBC Arts. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ Bresge, Adina (November 17, 2021). "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize". Coast Reporter. Glacier Media Group. The Canadian Press. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Red Maple Nominees – Forest of Reading". forestofreading.com. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ "2022 Violet Downey - Short List". IODE Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ Wasser, Shoshana (June 22, 2022). "2022 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards presented to Brittany Luby, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley and Philippa Dowding". Ontario Arts Council. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  9. ↑ "2023 Northern Lights Nominees". Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ "2023 Archives". Rocky Mountain Book Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
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