Books

“Warmth and love shine through this tale of intergenerational bonding.”

Kirkus Reviews


  • Winner, 2017 Surrey Schools Book of the Year
  • Short-listed, 2017 Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice)
  • Short-listed, 2017 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
  • Short-listed, 2017 Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice)
  • Short-listed, 2017 Langley Book of the Year
  • Short-listed, 2016 OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction
  • Short-listed, 2016 IODE Canada Violet Downey Award
  • Commended, 2017 TD Summer Reading Club
  • Commended, 2016 Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
  • Commended, 2016 CBC Writers to Watch
  • Commended, 2015 CBC Best Books of the Year
  • Commended, 2015 OLA Best Bets

  • Short-listed, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
  • A Junior Library Guild Fall 2017 Selection
  • Commended, 2018 Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre