I was thrilled when I won the Blue Heron Book Award for A Time to Choose on May 14, 1996. An award that was chosen by grade 7 students from the Uxbridge area. The book was nominated for many other awards.

  • Hero has won the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Writer's Award, February 2006
  • Hero has been shortlisted for the Hackmatack, Spring, 2006
  • Hero has been shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain Book Award, Spring, 2005
  • When the War is Over has been selected for inclusion on the 2004 New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age List
  • When the War is Over nominated for the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award, April 2004
  • Hero has made the list of the Ontario Library Association Best Books of 2003.
  • Daughter of Light A Notable Book for older readers. The association of Jewish Libraries in the annual Sydney Taylor Book Awards for outstanding books of Jewish content for children. February 2002
  • A Light in the Dunes short listed for the 1999 Tiny TORGY Award
  • A Light in the Dunes Nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, July 2000
  • A Light in the Dunes Nominated for the Best Books for Young Adults list. The American Library Association. February 1999
  • A Light in the Dunes Nominated for the Ontario Library Association The Red Maple Award for grades 7 and 8
  • A Time To Choose Nominated for the Manitoba Library Association books for young people, May 1998
  • A Light in the Dunes Nominated for the Blue Heron Book Award April 24, 1998
  • A Light in the Dunes selected for the 1998 BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE New York Public Library office of Young Adult Services. March 14, 1998
  • A Light In the Dunes Considered for the 1997 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children.
  • A Time To Choose Nominated for the Best Books for Young Adults list. The American Library Association. February 1997
  • A Time To Choose Short listed for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, Nov. 1996
  • A Time To Choose Blue Heron Award Book Award May 14, Uxbridge, Ontario, 1996
  • A Time To Choose Pick of the list American Book sellers Association Spring 1996
  • A Time To Choose Short listed for the Arthur Ellis Award. Crime Writers of Canada ( For books published in 1995)