In
early May, selected young readers who'd applied to
participate on the seventh annual Forest Kid Committee (for ages 9-13)
came together online
to talk books. From their discussions, which were interspersed with
visits from award-winning Canadian authors Paul Coccia and Kathy Kacer, these young
people
produced two extraordinary lists of recommended titles to keep everyone reading
Canadian over the summer. These are their recommendations for their
peers in the Silver Birch and Red Maple reading programs of
the Forest of Reading®.
Happy summertime reading!
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Silver Birch Readers
(Ages 8-12, Grades 3-6)
Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort of)
Written and illustrated by Kathleen Gros
HarperCollins
304 pp.
Ages 8-13
2022
Apartment 713
Berani
Clan
Written by Sigmund Brouwer
Tundra
256 pp.
Ages 9-12
2020
Enemies (Berrybrook Middle School, Book 4)
Written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova
JP (Yen Press)
224 pp.
Ages10+
2022
Ghostlight
Houston, Is There a Problem? (Teen Astronauts, Book 1)
Written by Eric Walters
Orca Book Publishers
256 pp.
Ages 9-12
2021
Imhotep of Ancient Kemet
Written by Ekiuwa Aire
Illustrated by Simbarashe Langton Vera and Anastasia Kkyrpenko
Our Ancestories
44 pp.
Ages 4-12
2022
Rabbit Chase
Written by Elizabeth LaPensée
Illustrated by KC Oster
Annick Press
120 pp.
Ages 8-12
2022
Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadows, Book 2)
Written by Kevin Sands
Pajama Press
224 pp.
Ages 8-13
2022
Spell Sweeper
Written by Lee Edward Fodi
HarperCollins
368 pp.
Ages 8-12
2021
The Superteacher Project
Written by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
304 pp.
Ages 9-12
2023
Until Niagara Falls
Written by Jennifer Maruno
Dundurn
168 pp.
Ages 8-12
2020
Weird Rules to Follow
Written by Kim Spencer
Orca Book Publishers
192 pp.
Ages 9-12
2022
(Ages 12-14, Grades 7-8)
The Bones of Ruin (Bones of Ruin, Book 1)
Written by Sarah Raughley
Margaret K. McElderry
496 pp.
Ages 14+
2021
The Book of Us
Written by Shane Peacock
DCB
216 pp.
Ages 13+
2022
Delicious Monsters
Written by Liselle Sambury
Margaret K. McElderry
512 pp.
Ages 14+
2023
The Everlasting Road (The Floraverse, Book 2)
Written by Wab Kinew
Tundra
272 pp.
Ages 12-17
2023
Hazel Hill is Going to Win This One
Written by Maggie Horne
HarperCollins
230 pp.
Ages 8-12
2022
Hidden on the High Wire
Second Story Press
216 pp.
Ages 9-12
2022 
I Got You Babe
Written by Paul Coccia
Orca Book Publishers
120 pp.
Ages 9-13
2023
Orca Book Publishers
120 pp.
Ages 9-13
2023
Names in a Jar
Written by Jennifer Gold
Second Story Press
336 pp.
Ages 8-12
2021
Made in Korea
Written by Sarah Suk
Simon & Schuster
336 pp.
Ages 12+
2022
Me Three
Written by Susan Juby
Puffin
224 pp.
Ages 10+
2022 
Pirates of the Southern Seas (Tell No Tales, Book 1)
Written by Sam Maggs
Illustrated by Kendra Wells
Amulet Books
160 pp.
Ages 10-14
2021
Unravel
Written by Sharon Jennings
Red Deer Press
200 pp.
Ages 12-18
2021
A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, Book 2)
Written by Judy I. Lin
Feiwel & Friends
352 pp.
Ages 13-18
2022
Willpower
Written by Marty Chan
Orca Book Publishers
112 pp.
Ages 9-12
2022
Winterkill
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic
288 pp.
Ages 8-13
Scholastic
288 pp.
Ages 8-13
2022
The book lists are posted on the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading website:
- For Silver Birch readers: https://forestofreading.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/01-Kid-Committee-List-Silver-Birch-2023-1.pdf
- For Red Maple readers: https://forestofreading.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/02-Kid-Committee-List-Red-Maple-2023-1.pdf
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