Red Cedar Book Award

British Columbia's Young Readers' Choice Award

Tag: middle grade fiction

  • South Sahali Elementary Interviews Kevin Sands

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    Students from South Sahali Elementary in Kamloops had some pretty interesting questions for Kevin Sands about his novel The Blackthorn Key. SSE: What gave you the idea to write this book? KS: It occurred to me that apothecaries were pretty cool: they used potions, and poisons, and secret codes, and so on. So I thought…

  • Our first book trailer! And it’s for…

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    …Kenneth Oppel’s The Nest!  Eden Forbes of Victoria West Elementary created this fantastically creepy trailer. Many thanks to Rachel Speller, Victoria West’s teacher-librarian for sending it our way. We’d love to see your book trailer too!  Want tips on how to create your own?  Check out our handy dandy how to guide. -Patricia

  • Ecole Heather Park Elementary Interviews Kenneth Oppel

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    Students from Ecole Heather Park Elementary in Prince George had the opportunity to interview the wonderfully talented Kenneth Oppel, author of The Nest.  EHPE: What inspired you to write the book, The Nest? KO: A whole bunch of things. I had a title, and I wishlist of creepy things I wanted in my story: a…

  • Seven Dead Pirates

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    Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey Lewis Dearborn is a painfully shy eleven-year-old boy in sixth grade.  On his great grandfather’s birthday, Lewis is the only one to hear him whisper two mysterious words, “Libertalia. You!” When his grandpa dies he moves with his overbearing parents into Shornoway, a ramshackle mansion by the sea.  Lewis is quick…

  • Shot in the Dark

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    As if being a teenager isn’t difficult enough, Micah is coping with a disability that slowly diminishes his capability to do things others take for granted.  He tries to be as normal as he possibly can:  refusing to have a guide dog believing it will limit his freedom, trying to do without his white cane…

  • Eco Warrior

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    Eco Warrior by Philip Roy Eco Warrior is a wonderful tale about a sixteen year old boy named Alfred that pulls you in right away and keeps you reading from page one to the end. Alfred is traveling to Australia in a homemade submarine with his pet seagull and dog to learn how to be an…

  • Speechless

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    Speechless by Jennifer Mook-Sang Joe Alton Miles is a pretty average 12 year old middle school student. With the exception of his joint nickname with his best friend — Joe is known as “Jelly” (because his initials spell “J.A.M.”), and his best friend Parker Brown is known as “P.B.” (Get it? P.B. (peanut butter) &…