Red Cedar Book Awards

The Red Cedar is British Columbia’s Young Reader’s Choice book award. Every year, thousands of children between grades 4 and 7 from across the province are invited to read books from the nominated lists of fiction and non-fiction titles and vote for their favourite.

Red Cedar Fiction Award

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2012 - After the Fire by Becky Citra.

2011 - Libertad by Alma Fullerton.

2010 - Dear Jo: The Story of Losing Leah -- and Searching for Hope by Christina Kilbourne.

2009 - The Devil, the Banshee and Me by L. M. Falcone.

2008 - The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter.

2007 - Airborn by Kenneth Oppel.

2006 - Mud City by Deborah Ellis.

2005 - Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis.

2004 - If I Just Had Two Wings by Virginia Frances Schwartz.

2003 - The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis.

2002 - Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel.

2001 - Janey's Girl by Gayle Friesen.

2000 - Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel.

1999 - Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson.

1998 - Amy's Promise by Bernice Thurman Hunter.

Red Cedar Non-Fiction Award

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2012 - How to Build Your Own Country by Valerie Wyatt.

2011 - Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn't Know about Food by Frieda Wishinsky.

2010 - Sweet: The Delicious Story of Candy by Ann Love and Jane Drake.

2009 - Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? by Dr. Stanley Coren.

2008 - Transformed:How Everyday Things Are Made by Bill Slavin.

2007 - Aha! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Intelligence by Trudee Romanek.

2006 - Survivors! True Death-defying Escapes by Larry Verstraete.

2005 - Hana's Suitcase: A True Story by Karen Levine.

2004 - Ha! Ha! Ha! 1000+ Jokes, Riddles, Facts and More by Lyn Thomas.

2003 - Adventures in the Middle Ages by Linda Bailey.

2002 - Wow Canada! Exploring the Land from Coast to Coast to Coast by Vivien Bower.

2001 - Funny You Should Ask by Marg Meikle.

2000 - The Great Race by David Bouchard.

1999 - Anastasia's Album by Hugh Brewster.

1998 - In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield.