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2013 FOREST OF READING
AWARD WINNERS

The 2013 Blue Spruce™ Award Winner
Kate and Pippin
Martin Springett & Isobel Springett

Honour Books for Blue Spruce
Splinters, Kevin Sylvester
Don’t Laugh at Giraffe, Rebecca Bender


The 2013 Silver Birch® Express Award Winner
Margaret and the Moth Tree
Brit & Kari Trogen

Honour Books for Silver Birch Express
Dalen & Gole, Mike Deas
Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World’s Greatest Escape Artist, by Janice Weaver

The 2013 Silver Birch® Fiction Award Winner
Making Bombs For Hitler
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Honour Books for Silver Birch Fiction
Missing, Becky Citra
A Tinfoil Sky, Cindy Sand-Eveland

The 2013 Silver Birch® Non-Fiction Award Winner
No Shelter Here:  Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs
Rob Laidlaw

Honour Books for Silver Birch Non-Fiction
Case Files:  40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science, Larry Verstraete
50 Underwear Questions:  A Bare-All History (50 Questions), Tanya Lloyd Kyi & Ross Kinnaird

The 2013 Red Maple™ Fiction Award Winner
The Vindico
Wesley King

Honour Books for Red Maple Fiction
This Dark Endeavour, Kenneth Oppel
The Vampire Stalker, Allison Van Diepen

The 2013 Red Maple™ Non-Fiction Award Winner
Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death
Bill Swan

Honour Books for Red Maple Non-Fiction
Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Running To Extremes: Ray Zahab’s Amazing Ultramarathon Journey,  Steve Pitt with Ray Zahab

The 2013 White Pine™ Award Winner
Dark Inside
Jeyn Roberts

Honour Books for White Pine
Witchlanders, Lena Coakley
All Good Children, Catherine Austen


Lauréat du Prix Tamarac 2013
Le mystère des jumelles Barnes
Carole Tremblay

Honour Books for Le Prix Tamarac
Hackerboy, Julie Champagne
Biodôme: Dans le sens du poil, Frédéric Antoine & Yohann Morin


Lauréat du Prix Tamarac Express 2013
Billy Stuart: 1. Les Zintrépides
Alain M. Bergeron & Sampar

Honour Books for Le Prix Tamarac Express
Du soccer extreme, François Gravel & Philippe Germain
Ziiip Sur Terre!, Johanne Mercier & Yvan Deschamps


Lauréat du Prix Peuplier 2013
Le zoo de Yayaho
Geneviève Lemieux & Bruno St-Aubin

Honour Books for Le Prix Peuplier
Salto: L’ultime défi, Pierre Labrie & Tristan Demers
Prince Olivier et le dragon, Caroline Merola





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Alison Van Deepen
Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Evan Munday
Kevin Sylvester
Mahtab Narsimhan
Marsha Skrypuch Red Maple™ | Silver Birch®
Martin Springett
Rebecca Bender
Shane Peacock
Soyeon Kim
Sylvia McNicoll
Wesley King