Awards

Awards and Nominations for "Vanishing Girl" for 2009:

• Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection (the third consecutive Boy Sherlock book to be so honored)

Awards and Nominations for "Death in the Air" for 2008–09:

• TD Canadian Children's Literature Award - Shortlist, 2009
• Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year shortlist
• Violet Downey Award shortlist (for best book for children in Canada in the English Language)
• Manitoba Young Readers Children’s Choice Award shortlist
• Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection
• Mystery News Books of the Year 2008, Top Ten
• Ontario Library Association Best Bets for 2008, Top Ten
  
• Resources Links Best Books for 2008, Fiction, Grades 7-12

Awards and Nominations for "Eye of the Crow" for 2007–09:

• Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection
• Arthur Ellis Award for best Young Adult crime novel in Canada
• The Violet Downey Award (for best book for children in Canada in the English Language)
• Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Gold Medal
• Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year Honour Book
• Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year Honour Book
• ForeWord magazine's Gold Medal for Juvenile Fiction (U.S. review magazine)
• The Geoffrey Bilson Award for YA Historical Fiction, Shortlist
• TD Canadian Children's Literature Prize finalist
• Rocky Mountain Award (Alberta Readers' Choice) nomination
• The Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (for best children's book in Canada, 2008, Atlantic provinces, shortlist)
• A Tri-State Young Adult Fiction Book of Note
• American Library Association Top Ten Youth Mystery
• Ontario Library Assocation's Top Ten Junior Fiction
• Nautilus Award (U.S.), Silver Winner
• Manitoba Young Readers' Choice, 2009, shortlist
• The Silver Birch Award, Ontario Children’s Choice, shortlist
• Snow Willow Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice, grades 7–9, 2009 shortlist
• A Quill & Quire Book of the Year
• Red Cedar Award shorlist, BC Children’s Choice, June 2009 (with this nomination, it has been shortlisted for every “Forest of Reading” award across Canada)

National Magazine Award nomination:
“As the Crow Flies,” Elm Street magazine, 2002, two nominations

Ontario Library Association, Best Bet for 2002, Non-fiction:
“Unusual Heroes: Canada’s Prime Ministers and Fathers of Confederation”

Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award nomination:
“The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye,” 2002

Rocky Mountain (Alberta Choice) Award nomination:
“The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye,” 2002

Red Maple Award nomination:
“Bone Beds of the Badlands,” 2002

Arthur Ellis Award nomination:
“Bone Beds of the Badlands,” 2002

National Magazine Award, Silver Medal:
“Team Spirit,” Elm Street magazine, 2001

TORGI (CNIB Talking Book) Award nomination:
“The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye, 2001

Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Select Choice:
“The Secret of the Silver Mines,” 2000

National Magazine Award nomination:
“Rulers of the Dohyo,” Equinox magazine, 1999

Red Maple Award nomination:
“The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye,” 1999

Arthur Ellis Award nomination:
“The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye,” 1999

National One-Act Play Competition, Ottawa Little Theatre (Honorable Mention):
“No Heart Punch,” 1985