Honours and Awards
Winner in 1997 of the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work that is considered inspirational to Canadian Youth.
The Uninivited
Short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Children’s fiction
nominated as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association.
Rex Zero, King of Nothing
- Included on the 2009 Bank Street College, Best Children’s Books of the Year list, 100th Anniversary Edition
- Included on the USBBY Outstanding International Books List
CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (2007: Longlist)
IODE Violet Downey Book Award (2008: Shortlisted)
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award (2007: Shortlisted)
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (2008: Selected)
Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor Book
USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Book
Recommendations in:
Book Links
Booklist, Starred
Bulletin-Center Child Books
Horn Book, Starred Review
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal, Starred Review
Rex Zero and the End of the World
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award (2007: Shortlisted)
CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (2007: Honour Book)
CCBC Our Choice (2007: Starred Selection)
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award – Fiction (2007: Honor Book)
TD CCBC Canadian Children's Literature Award (2007: Finalist)
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices (2008: Selected)
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Boston Book Review - Winner
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Book
Recommendations in:
Booklist
Bulletin-Center Child Books
Horn Book, Starred Review
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly, Starred
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
A Thief in the House of Memory
CLA Young Adult Book Award (2005: Shortlisted)
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List
Recommendations in:
Booklist
Bulletin-Center Child Books
Horn Book
International Reading Association
Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Publishers Weekly, Starred
School Library Journal, Starred Review
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
The Boy in the Burning House
Winner of an Arthur Ellis Award of the Crime Writers of Canada
Winner of an Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America.
Short-listed for the Red Maple Awards, Ontario Library Association
Short-listed for The Ruth Schwartz Award of the Ontario Arts Council
Short-listed for the Mr. Christie Award
Winner of the literary prize "Insula Romana" as the best young adult book of the year in the Umbria region. (The book title in Italy is Il Ragazzo in fiamme)
Short-listed for the Guardian Book Prize in the UK
American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for Young Readers
Ned Mouse Breaks Away
Winner - Rocky Mountain Book Award
Starred Selection - CCBC Our Choice 2004
Silver Medalist - Mr. Christie's Book Award
Selected as a Canadian Toy Council Best Book
The Maestro
An International Board of Books for Youth (IBBY) Honor Book, 1998
Winner of the Governor General's Award, Children's Literature, 1995
Winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year
Short-listed for The City of Toronto Book Award
Short-listed for the Ruth Schwartz Award of the Ontario Arts Council
Short-listed for the Mr. Christie Award
Included on The Hungry Mind Review Children's Books of Distinction
A New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenager
A Booklist Editor's Choice.
Short-listed for the Guardian Book Prize in the UK. (The book title in the UK is The Survival Game)
Mischief City
Included in the "White Raven" catalogue of the Internationale Jugend Bibliotek in Münich, Germany, 1986
Zoom at Sea
Short-listed for the Canada Council Award for text, 1983
Winner of the I.O.D.E., Toronto Chapter, Award for best children's book
Winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award of The Canadian Book Sellers Association
Stephen Fair
Winner of the Canadian Library Association, Children's Book of the Year
Short-listed for the Red Maple Award of the Ontario Library Association
Lord of the Fries
Short-listed for the Mr. Christie Award
A New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenager
The Book of Changes
Short-listed for the Mister Christie Award, 1994
Named an American Library Association Notable Book for Children
Short-listed for the Silver Birch Award of the Ontario Library Association
Some of the Kinder Planets
Winner of the Governor General's Award, Children's Fiction, 1993
Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award (first Canadian to win)
Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year, Parenting Magazine (U.S.)
Named a School Library Journal (U.S.) Best Book of the Year.
Winner of the Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year
Short-listed for the Mister Christie Award
Winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for short fiction. ("The Hope Bakery")
Rosie Backstage
The only Canadian title chosen in 1994 for the "White Raven" Catalogue of the prestigious Internationale Jugend Bibliotek in Münich, Germany
Fastyngange
Runner-up for the Author's Award presented by The Foundation For the Advancement of Canadian Letters, 1989
The Knot
Short-listed for the City of Toronto Book Award, 1984
Odd’s End
Winner of the Seal First Novel Award, 1980
Runner-up for the John Creasy Award, Crime Writers Association of
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