Awards
(Listing only last 5 years):
Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack:
Starred review Kirkus
Starred review Booklist
Loan Stars Junior Canadian Top Pick, Booknet Canada
December 2022: author banned for life from entering Russian Federation
Winterkill:
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
#VelshiBannedBookClub selection
New York Times reviewed
MYRCA Northern Lights nomination, 2024
CCBC Best Book for Kids, 2023
Kobzar Book Award shortlist, 2024
Traitors Among Us:
Kirkus, starred review
Best Books of the Month, middle-grade, Sept 2021, Amazon.com
Kirkus Best YA book list, 2021
A Mighty Girl 2021 Book of the Year
Geoffrey Bilson Award, shortlist, 2022.
Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars:
Poughkeepsie Public Library 2021 Big Read selection
CCBC Best Book, 2020
Trapped in Hitler’s Web:
MYRCA Northern Lights nomination, 2022
TA Mighty Girl 2020 Book of the Year
Career Excellence Award 2019, Brantford Writers’ Circle
Too Young to Escape:
Saskatchewan Diamond Willow Award nomination, 2020
WINNER Ontario Yellow Cedar Award, 2020
WINNER BC Red Cedar information Book Award, 2019-20
Forest of Reading Kids’ Silver Birch selection 2019
2019-2020 Hackmatack Award nominee.
CCBC Best Books for Kids, 2019.
Information Book Award nominee, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
2019 ILA Notable Book for a Global Society
2019 USSBY Outstanding International Book
Honorable Mention, Freeman Award 2018
CBC Best Book for Kids, 2018.
Starred Review, Quill & Quire, Nov 2018
CBC 13 middle grade books to watch for this fall, 2018.
Junior Library Guild Selection, 2018
CBC 12 books to read to commemorate Remembrance Day, 2018.
The War Below:
North Carolina Young Adult book Award shortlist for 2018-2019
CYBILS middle-grade fiction nomination, 2018-2019
Don’t Tell the Enemy (Don't Tell the Nazis)
WINNER: 2020 Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award
2019 Bilson Award nominee
2020 MYRCA Northern Lights nominee
Red Maple Fiction shortlist, 2019
Starred review, CCBC Best Books for Kids, 2018
Kids’ Forest Committee Summer Reading Selection
CBC The Next Chapter Book Panel Selection
CBC 8 MG novels to read
2019 A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
