[Posted to PUBYAC, February 27, 1995 by Blanchet Jacynthe]


I was asked by someone to help her and find some popular
English Canadian authors for 12 and 13 year olds.
This list is not a thorough search but more a taste of
what those teens like.

Legend :
Author's name (number of time he was cited) comments
     Title [awards]

Note : I have put an * beside the names of the authors
the most often cited

* Michael Bedard (4X) for advance readers
     Redwork [Governor General's Award 1990]
     A Darker Magic
     Painted Devil

* William Bell (4X)
     Forbidden City
     Speak to the Earth
     No Signature
     Crabbe
     Absolutely Invincible

Mary Blakeslee (1X)
     Stop the Presses, Ida Mae!

Karleen Bradford (2X)
     There Will Be Wolves [CLA Young Adult Novel Award 1994]

* Martha Brooks (4X)
     Two Moons in August

* Margaret Buffie (5X)
     My Mother's Ghost
     Who is Frances Rain? [Canadian Young Adult Novel Award 1987]
     The Guardian Circle [1989 Notable Canadian Fiction]

Lesley Choyce (3X)
     Wrong Time, Wrong place
     Skateboard Shakedown
     Clearcut Danger

Mitzi Dale (1X)
     Bryna Means Courage
     On my Own

* Brian Doyle (6X)
     Hey Dad!
     Spud Sweetgrass
     Covered Bridge [Mr. Christie's Book Award 1991]
     Angel Square
     You Can Pick Me Up at Peggy's Cove

*Sarah Ellis (6X)
     Pick-up sticks [Governor General's Award 1991]
     A Family Project

Bill Freedman (1X)
     Trouble in Lachine Mill (historical fiction)

Jim Freedman (1X)
     One hand clapping

Martyn Godfrey (1X)
     There's a Cow in my Swimming Pool
     Meet You in the Sewer
     Don't Worry about Me, I'm Just Crazy
     The Great Science Fair Disaster
     Monster in the School

Marilyn Halvorson (1X)

James Houston (1X)

Jan Hudson (2X)
     Sweetgrass [Canada Council Children's Literature Award 1984]
     Dawn Rider

* Monica Hughes (4X) (science-fiction)
     The Crystal Drop
     Hunter in the Dark [Canada Council Children's Literature Award 1984]
     Guardian of Isis [Canada Council Children's Literature Award 1981]

Bernice Thurman Hunter (2X) (a little young?)
     Hawk and Stretch
     The Firefighter

*Julie Johnston (5X)
     Adam and Eve and Pinch-me [Governor General's Award 1994]
     Hero of Lesser Causes [Governor General's Award 1992]

Welwyn Wilton Katz (2X)
     Come Like Shadows
     Whale Singer
     The Third Magic [Governor General's Award 1988]

W.P. Kinsella (1X) for advanced readers
     Shoeless Joe
     Red Wolf, Red Wolf

* Gordon Korman (6X)
     Zucchini Warriors
     Beware the Fish
     War with Mr. Wizzle
     The Twinkie Squad
     The Toilet Paper Tigers
     Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road?
     No Coins, Please
     A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag
     Son of the Interflux

Paul Kropp (3X)
     Ellen/Elena/Luna
     You've Seen Enough
     Moonkid and Liberty

Don Kushner (1X)

Jean Little (2X)
     Mine for Keeps

* Janet Lunn (4X)
     Shadow in Hawthorn Bay [Canada Council Award 1986]
     Root Cellar [CLA Canadian's Book of the year] and [ALA Notable book]

Claire Mackay (2X)

R.P. Macintyre (1X)
     The Blue Camaro
     Yuletide Blues

* Kevin Major (6X)
     Eating between the lines [CLA Book of the Year for Children 1992]
     Dear Bruce Springsteen
     Diana: My Autobiography

Carol Matas (2X)
     Of Two Minds (with Perry Nodelman)
     Daniel's Story
     The Race

Jeni Mayer (1X)
     The Mystery of the Missing Will

Norah McClintock (1X)
     Jack's Back

O.R. Melling (2X)
     The Hunter's Moon

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1X)

Farley Mowat (1X)

Kenneth Opel (1X)
     Dead Water Zone

*Kit Pearson (4X)
     A Handful of Time
     Looking at the Moon
     The Lights Go on Again
     The Sky is Falling [Geoffrey Bilson Historical Fiction 1990]

Dorothy Perkyns (1X)

Marlene Nourbese Philip (1X)
     Harriet's Daughter [CLA 1989 runner-up]

Mary Razzell (1X)

Susan Lynn Reynolds (1X)
     Strandia [CLA Young Adult Book Award 1992]

Barbara Smucker (1X)
     Underground to Canada (historical fiction)
     Garth and the Mermaid
     Days of Terrors [Canada Council Children's 1979]

Sean Steward (1X)
     Nobody's Son

Kathy Stinson (1X)
     Fish House Secrets

* Cora Taylor (4X)
     Julie [Canada Council 1985]
     Julie's Secret
     The Doll

* Diana Wieler (5X)
     Ran Van the defender (Mr. Christie book award 199?]
     Bad Boy [Governor General's Award 1989]

* Budge Wilson (4X)
     Oliver's Wars
     Breakdown
     Lorinda's Diary
     The Learning [CLA Book for Young Adult Award 1991]

Eric Wilson (2X)

Tim Wynne-Jones (2X)
     Some of the Kinder Planets [Governor General's Award 1993]

Paul Yee (1X)
     Breakaway

This list was composed with the help of

Molly Walsh (Montreal Children's Library)
Joanne Stanbridge (Westmount Public Library)
Mrs. Peters (Beaconsfield Public Library)
Maya Byers (Babar Books Store)
Nancy Brown (Saint-Georges School)

and with the Internet help of Elise C. Cole; Joanne Head;
Elaine Lesh and Janet Thomkins. I want to thank them very much.

Jacynthe Blanchet
Blanchj@ere.umontreal.ca