The Red Maple Award is an award in the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading Awards. The Red Maple Award celebrates fiction (since 1998) and non-fiction (every other year since 2005) Canadian books for grades 7–8 (ages 12–14) every year. Out of ten nominated books in each category students must read a minimum of five to vote for their favourite. The winner is chosen by the most popular book in all participating libraries, schools, groups, etc.

History

Five years after the original Silver Birch Award was created an award for grades 7–9, the Red Maple Award was created. In 2005 a non-fiction subcategory of the Red Maple Award was created. It runs on all odd-numbered years.

So far, there have been 22 awards in fiction and 8 in non fiction.[1][2]

Only seven authors have won the award more than once: Eric Walters (2001, 2007 Fiction, 2008, 2015 Fiction) with four, Susin Neilsen (2010, 2014, 2020) and Kenneth Oppel (2005 Fiction, 2006, 2012) with three each, and Gayle Friesen (1999, 2003), Wesley King (2013 Fiction, 2019 Fiction), Norah McClintock (2004, 2009 Fiction), and Andreas Schroeder (2005 Non-fiction, 2007 non-fiction) with two each. Friesen was the first to win the award twice, while Walters was the first to win three and four times.

Kenneth Oppel was the first to win back to back in 2005 and 2006, followed by Eric Walters in 2007 and 2008. Andreas Schroeder was the first to win back to back in non-fiction in 2005 and 2007.

Carol Matas was the first fiction winner, while Andreas Schroeder was the first non-fiction winner.

Fiction honorees

1990s

Award winners and finalists, 1998-1999[3][4]
Year Author Title Result
1998 Carol Matas After the War Winner
Don Aker Stranger at Bay Finalist
Martha Attema A Light in the Dunes Finalist
Maureen Bayless No Fixed Address Finalist
Mitzi Dale What's Tuesday? Finalist
Brian Doyle Uncle Ronald Finalist
Sarah Ellis Back of Beyond Finalist
Linda Holeman Promise Song Finalist
Paul Kropp Moonkid and Prometheus Finalist
Norah McClintock The Body in the Basement Finalist
1999 Gayle Friesen Janey's Girl Winner
William Bell Zack Finalist
Margaret Buffie Angels Turn Their Backs Finalist
Linda Holeman Mercy's Birds Finalist
Norah McClintock Sins of the Father Finalist
Janet McNaughton Make or Break Spring Finalist
Kit Pearson Awake and Dreaming Finalist
Eric Walters War of the Eagles Finalist
Mary Woodbury Brad's Universe Finalist
Tim Wynne-Jones Stephen Fair Finalist

2000s

Award winners and finalists, 2000-2009[3][4]
Year Author Title Result
2000 Anita Horrocks What They Don't Know Winner
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz The Sunflower Diary Finalist
Monica Hughes The Story Box Finalist
Glen Huser Touch of the Clown Finalist
Rukhsana Khan Dahling, If You Luv Me Would You Please Smile Finalist
Norah McClintock Password: Murder Finalist
Ishbel Moore Daughter Finalist
Katherine Nolubitsky Alone At Ninety Foot Finalist
Kenneth Oppel Sunwing Finalist
Shane Peacock The Mystery of Ireland's Eye Finalist
2001 Eric Walters Rebound Winner
Deborah Ellis The Breadwinner Finalist
Gayle Friesen Men of Stone Finalist
Linda Holeman Raspberry House Blues Finalist
Monica Hughes Storm Warning Finalist
Iain Lawrence The Wreckers Finalist
Norah McClintock Over the Edge Finalist
Sharon McKay Charlie Wilcox Finalist
Janet McNaughton The Secret Under My Skin Finalist
Tim Wynne-Jones The Boy in the Burning House Finalist
2002 Kathy Kacer Clara's War Winner
William Bell Stones Finalist
Karleen Bradford Whisperings of Magic Finalist
Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion Whose Side Are You On? Finalist
Troon Harrison A Bushel of Light Finalist
Shane Peacock Bone Beds of the Badlands Finalist
Arthur Slade Dust Finalist
Ted Stenhouse Across the Steel River Finalist
Maxine Trottier By the Standing Stone Finalist
Eric Walters Bully Boys Finalist
2003 Gayle Friesen Losing Forever Winner
Gillian Chan The Carved Box Finalist
Barbara Haworth-Attard Irish Chain Finalist
James Heneghan Flood Finalist
J.C. Mills The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal Finalist
Kenneth Oppel Firewing Finalist
Valerie Sherrard Out of the Ashes: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery Finalist
Sharon Stewart City of the Dead Finalist
Diane Tullson Saving Jasey Finalist
Budge Wilson Fractures Finalist
2004 Norah McClintock Hit and Run Winner
Deborah Ellis Parvana's Journey Finalist
Dennis Foon The Dirt Eaters Finalist
Julie Johnston In Spite of Killer Bees Finalist
Iain Lawrence The Buccaneers Finalist
Bruce McBay and James Heneghan Waiting for Sarah Finalist
Sharon McKay Charlie Wilcox's Great War Finalist
Janet McNaughton An Earthly Knight Finalist
Cora Taylor On Wings of a Dragon Finalist
Eric Walters Run Finalist
2005 Kenneth Oppel Airborn Winner
Deborah Ellis The Heaven Shop Finalist
Glen Huser Stitches Finalist
Dianne Linden Peacekeepers Finalist
Clem Martini The Mob Finalist
Norah McClintock Dead and Gone Finalist
Sylvia McNicoll A Different Kind of Beauty Finalist
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Nobody's Child Finalist
Maxine Trottier Sister to the Wolf Finalist
Maggie L. Wood The Princess Pawn Finalist
2006 Kenneth Oppel Skybreaker Winner
Alan Cumyn After Sylvia Finalist
Sheree Fitch Gravesavers Finalist
Rachna Gilmore Sower Of Tales Finalist
Marilyn Halvorson Blood Brothers Finalist
Tom Henighan Mercury Man Finalist
Rosa Jordan Lost Goat Lane Finalist
Iain Lawrence Convicts Finalist
Myra Paperny Greenies Finalist
Richard Scrimger From Charlie's Point of View Finalist
2007 Eric Walters We All Fall Down Winner
Hadley Dyer Johnny Kellock Died Today Finalist
Gayle Friesen The Isabel Factor Finalist
Bernice Thurman Hunter The Girls They Left Behind Finalist
Gordon Korman Born to Rock Finalist
Clem Martini The Plague. Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles Finalist
Norah McClintock Not a Trace Series: A Chloe and Levesque Mystery Finalist
Janet McNaughton The Raintree Rebellion Finalist
Arthur Slade Megiddo's Shadow Finalist
John Wilson Red Goodwin Finalist
2008 Eric Walters Safe as Houses Winner
Henry T. Aubin The Rise of the Golden Cobra Finalist
Christopher Dinsdale Stolen Away Finalist
William Gilkerson Pirate's Passage Finalist
Glen Huser Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen Finalist
Iain Lawrence Gemini Summer Finalist
Kenneth Oppel Darkwing Finalist
Valerie Sherrard Sarah's Legacy Finalist
Matthew Skelton Endymion Spring Finalist
John Wilson Where Soldiers Lie Finalist
2009 Norah McClintock Out of the Cold Winner
Jean Rae Baxter Way Lies North Finalist
B.J. Bayle Perilous Passage Finalist
Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton Finalist
James Heneghan Payback Finalist
Iain Lawrence The Castaways Finalist
Nicole Luiken Frost Finalist
Kit Pearson A Perfect Gentle Knight Finalist
Caroline Pignat Egghead Finalist
Yvonne Prinz Not Fair, Clare Finalist

2010s

Award winners and finalists, 2010-2019[3][4]
Year Author Title Result
2010 Susin Nielsen Word Nerd Winner
Anne Laurel Carter The Shepard's Granddaughter Finalist
Deborah Ellis Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories Finalist
Hazel Hutchins After Finalist
Sharon E. McKay War Brothers Finalist
Kenneth Oppel Starclimber Finalist
Caroline Pignat Greener Grass Finalist
Philip Roy Submarine Outlaw Finalist
René Schmidt Leaving Fletchville Finalist
Max Turner Night Runner Finalist
2011 Vicki Grant Not Suitable for Family Viewing Winner
Kelley Armstrong The Summoning Finalist
William Bell Only in the Movies Finalist
Marina Cohen Ghost Ride Finalist
Afua Cooper My Name is Henry Bibb Finalist
Terry Griggs Nieve Finalist
Barbara Haworth-Attard Haunted Finalist
Gordon Korman POP Finalist
Y.S. Lee The Agency: A Spy in the House Finalist
Eric Walters Wounded Finalist
2012 Kenneth Oppel Half Brother Winner
William Bell Fanatics Finalist
Patrick Bowman Torn from Troy Finalist
Deborah Ellis No Safe Place Finalist
Alyxandra Harvey Haunting Violet Finalist
Jill MacLean Home Truths Finalist
Sharon E. McKay and Rafal Gerszak Thunder Over Kandahar Finalist
Susin Nielsen Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom Finalist
Eric Walters Fly Boy Finalist
Robert Paul Weston Dust City Finalist
2013 Wesley King The Vindico Winner
Sylvia McNicoll crush. candy. corpse. Finalist
Mahtab Narsimhan The Tiffin Finalist
Riel Nason The Town That Drowned Finalist
Kenneth Oppel This Dark Endeavour Finalist
Shane Peacock The Dragon Turn Finalist
Valerie Sherrard Testify Finalist
Allison Van Diepen The Vampire Stalker Finalist
Eric Walters End of Days Finalist
Pam Withers First Descent Finalist
2014 Susin Nielsen The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen Winner
K. L. Armstrong and M. A. Marr Loki's Wolves: The Blackwell Pages Finalist
Sigmund Brouwer Devil's Pass Finalist
Cynthia d'Entremont Oak Island Revenge Finalist
Deborah Ellis My Name is Parvana Finalist
Joanne Levy Small Medium at Large Finalist
Kenneth Oppel Such Wicked Intent Finalist
Valerie Sherrard Counting Back from Nine Finalist
Ted Staunton Jump Cut Finalist
Eric Walters Between Heaven and Earth Finalist
2015 Eric Walters Rule of Three Winner
Sigmund Brouwer Dead Man's Switch Finalist
Philippa Dowdling The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden Finalist
Sarah Ellis Outside In Finalist
Jacqueline Guest The Comic Book War Finalist
Jess Keating How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied Finalist
Kenneth Oppel The Boundless Finalist
Caroline Pignat Unspeakable Finalist
Richard Scrimger Zomboy Finalist
Vikki VanSickle Summer Days, Starry Nights Finalist
2016 Allan Stratton The Dogs Winner
Karen Bass Uncertain Soldier Finalist
Deborah Ellis The Cat at the Wall Finalist
Susan Juby The Truth Commission Finalist
Sharon E. McKay Prison Boy Finalist
Lorna Schultz Nicholson Fragile Bones: Harrison and Anna Finalist
Susin Nielsen We Are All Made of Molecules Finalist
Caroline Pignat The Gospel Truth Finalist
Emil Sher and David Wyman Young Man with Camera: A Novel with Photographs Finalist
Eric Walters Walking Home Finalist
2017 Caroline Pignat Shooter Winner
Kelley Armstrong The Unquiet Past Finalist
Karen Bass The Hill Finalist
Lorna Schultz Nicholson Born With: Erika and Gianni Finalist
Richard Scrimger Lucky Jonah Finalist
Arthur Slade Flickers Finalist
Kevin Sylvester MiNRS Finalist
Teresa Toten Shattered Glass Finalist
Stephanie Tromly Trouble is a Friend of Mine Finalist
Frank Viva Sea Change Finalist
2018 Vikki VanSickle The Winnowing Winner
Jennifer Dance Hawk Finalist
Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire Secret Path Finalist
Vicki Grant Short for Chameleon Finalist
Wesley King Laura Monster Crusher Finalist
Lorna Schultz Nicholson Bent Not Broken: Madeline and Justin Finalist
David A. Pulsen And Then the Sky Exploded Finalist
David Skuy Run Finalist
Allan Stratton The Way Back Home Finalist
Joel A. Sutherland Summer's End Finalist
2019 Wesley King A World Below Winner
Kristen Ciccarelli The Last Namsara Finalist
E. Latimer The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray Finalist
Jean Mills Skating Over Thin Ice Finalist
Colleen Nelson Sadia Finalist
Lorna Schultz Nicholson A Time to Run: Stuart & Sam Finalist
Kevin Sands The Assassin's Curse Finalist
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Don't Tell the Enemy Finalist
Eric Walters Fourth Dimension Finalist
Pam Withers Tracker's Canyon Finalist

2020s

Award winners and finalists, 2020-present[3][4]
Year Author Title Result
2020[5] Susin Nielsen No Fixed Address Winner
Svetlana Chmakova Crush Finalist
Natasha Deen In the Key of Nira Ghandi Finalist
Gordon Korman The Unteachables Finalist
Kyo Maclear and Byron Eggenschwiler Operatic Finalist
Kevin Sands Call of the Wraith Finalist
Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan Surviving the City Finalist
Nhung N. Tran-Davies A Grain of Rice Finalist
Laura E. Weymouth The Light Between Worlds Finalist
Pam Withers Stowaway Finalist
2021[6] Kenneth Oppel Bloom Winner
Heather Camlot The Other Side Finalist
Brianna Jonnie, Nahanni Shingoose, and Neal Shannacappo If I Go Missing Finalist
Christina Killbourne Safe Harbour Finalist
Wesley King Sara and the Search for Normal Finalist
Jamal Saeed and Sharon E. McKay Yara's Spring Finalist
Valerie Sherrard The Rise and Fall of Derek Cowell Finalist
Arthur Slade Dragon Assassin Finalist
Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer Broken Strings Finalist
Laura E. Weymouth A Treason of Thorns Finalist
2022[7] Eric Walters The King of Jam Sandwiches[8] Winner
Philippa Dowding Firefly Finalist
Regina M. Hansen The Coming Storm Finalist
Gordon Korman Linked Finalist
Patricia Miller-Schroeder Sisters of the Wolf Finalist
Sarena Nanua and Sasha Nanua Sisters of the Snake Finalist
Susin Nielsen Tremendous Things Finalist
Valerie Sherrard Birdspell Finalist
Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan From the Roots Up Finalist
Heather Stemp Under Amelia's Wing Finalist
2023[9] Leisl Adams Batter Royale Finalist
Paul Coccia and Eric Walters On the Line Finalist
Kathy Kacer Under the Iron Bridge Finalist
Wab Kinew Walking in Two Worlds Finalist
Joanne Levy Sorry for Your Loss Finalist
Chad Lucas Let the Monster Out Finalist
Meghan McIsaac The Bear House Finalist
Kevin Sands Children of the Fox Finalist
Teresa Toten Eight Days Finalist
Lori Weber The Ribbon Leaf Finalist

Non-fiction winners

Award winners and finalists[3][4]
Year Author Title
2005 Andreas Schroeder Scams!
2007 Andreas Schroeder Thieves!: Ten Stories of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers and Daring Escapades
2009 Elizabeth MacLeod Royal Murder
2011 Mariatu Kamara Bite of the Mango
2013 Bill Swan Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death
2015 Rona Arato The Last Train: A Holocaust Story
2017 Michel Chikwanine, Jessica Dee Humphreys, and Claudia Dávila Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
2019 Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

References

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  2. "Red Maple Award: Available Years". Toronto Public Library. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, 7 to 12 Programs: Red Maple Winners & Nominees, 1998-2023". Queen's University Library. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ontario Library Association. "Red Maple Award™ Winners and Nominees 1998–2021" (PDF). Forest of Reading. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. Hunter, Emma (16 June 2020). "2020 Forest of Reading® Winners Announced at Virtual Edition of the Forest of Reading Festival". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. Hunter, Emma (18 May 2021). "2021 Forest of Reading® Winners Announced at Virtual Edition of the Forest of Reading Awards". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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