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Carol Matas

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CAROL MATAS is an internationally acclaimed author of more than 45 books for children and young adults. Her best-selling work has been translated into sixteen languages and has received over 100 awards and honors including the Sydney Taylor Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Silver Birch Award, and Canadian Jewish Book Award. She has twice been nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Awards

  • A Struggle for Hope, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2022
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Winner, Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award, 2014
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2014
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2014
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Runner-up, Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2014
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Runner-up, Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2014
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Commended, Manitoba Day Award, Association for Manitoba Archives, 2014
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2013
  • Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past, Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2013
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Winner, Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Prize in Youth Literature, 2007
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Winner, Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award, 2007
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Winner, Manitoba Historical Society, Margaret McWilliams Award, 2005
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2007
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, Sundogs, 2007
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2006
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Short-listed, McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award, 2006
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice, 2006
  • Dear Canada: Turned Away, Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2006
  • I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines, Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2014
  • I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines, Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2014
  • I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines, Short-listed, OLA Golden Oak Award, 2013
  • I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines, Short-listed, OLA Golden Oak Award, 2013
  • I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines, Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2012
  • I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines, Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2012

Books by Carol Matas