Fiction — Young Adults

The Alchemist's Dream
Governor General's Award, finalist, 2007; Geoffrey Bilson Award short list; Moonbeam Award, Silver Medalist, 2007; Shiela Egoff Prize (BC Book Prize), Honour Book; ForeWard Book of the Year, (Young Adult), finalist.
Where Soldiers Lie
Geoffrey Bilson Award, Honour Book; Red Maple short list, 2008; Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice (SYRCA) Snow Willow Award; CCBC Our Choice, 2007
Red Goodwin
Red Maple short list, 2007; Chocolate Lily short list, 2007/8; CCBC Our Choice, 2007.
Four Steps to Death
White Pine short list, 2007; Shiela Egoff Prize (BC Book Prize), Honour Book; Manitoba Reader's Young Choice Award, short list, 2006; Geoffrey Bilson Award Honour Book; Society of School Librarians International, Honour Book 2006; Stellar Award short list; Isinglass Award, short list; CCBC Our Choice (starred) 2006.
Battle Scars
CCBC our Choice 2006
Flags of War
CCBC Our Choice 2005
Flames of the Tiger
White Pine short list, 2005; New York Public Library Selection, Best Books for the Teen Age List, 2004; Manitoba Reader's Young Choice Award Honour Book, 2005; Society of School Librarians International, Honor Book; Stellar Award short list; CCBC Our Choice 2004
And in the Morning
White Pine short list, 2004; New York Public Library Selection, Best Books for the Teen Age List, 2004; Chocolate Lily Award Nominee; Stellar Award short list; CCBC Our Choice (starred) 2003 .
Adrift in Time
Chocolate Lily Award Nominee.
Lost in Spain
New York Public Library Selection, Best Books for the Teen Age List, 2000.
Across Frozen Seas
Geoffrey Bilson Award, short list; Shiela Egoff Prize (BC Book Prize) Honour Book; CCBC Our Choice.

Non-Fiction — Young Adults

Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents: The Story of Canada Beneath Your Feet
Science in Society Book Award short list; Shiela Egoff Prize (BC Book Prize) Honour Book; Hackmatack Award short list, 2004/5; CCBC Our Choice 2004
Discovering the Arctic: The Story of John Rae
Norma Fleck Award short list, 2004; CCBC Our Choice.2004
Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune
Norma Fleck Award short list, 2002.