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HarperCollins Canada

Touching Grass

Award wins:
  • 2026 Saskatchewan Book of the Year
  • 2025 Northern Lights Book Awards - Middle Grade Book of the Year
Nominations:
  • 2026 Governor General Literary Awards - Young Peoples Literature
  • 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards - Children's Literature
  • 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards - Indigenous Peoples Writing
  • 2026 Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading, Silver Birch
  • 2026 High Plains International Book Awards - Indigenous Writer
  • 2026 IODE Violet Downey Book Award
  • 2026 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
  • 2026-2027 First Nation Communities READ (FNCR): Longlist - YA/Adult
  • 2027 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award (MYRCA) Sundogs Award
  • 2026 Diamond Willow Awards (Saskatchewan)
  • 2026 Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading, Silver Birch
Recognition:
  • Indigo Best Books - Top ten Kids Book of 2025 (#8)
  • Calgary Public Library - 2025 Books of the Year
  • 2026 Telling Tales Reading List
  • Canadian Children's Book Center (CCBC) best book for kids and teens
Available now from:
  • Type: Full Novel
  • Target Audience: Ages 8 to 12
  • Availability: Coming September 9, 2025
  • Status: Completed
HarperCollins Canada

Mortified

Award wins:
  • 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards, Children's Literature
Nominations:
  • 2024 Governor General Literary Awards - Young Peoples Literature
  • 2026 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award (Sundogs Honour title)
  • 2024 Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading, Silver Birch
  • Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award - 2025
Recognition:
  • Indigo official Staff Pick of the Month for June 2024
  • CBC Books 15 Canadian Back-to-school books for kids and teens (2024)
Available now from:
The book MORTIFIED by Kristy Jackson sits on a table
  • Type: Full Novel
  • Target Audience: Ages 8 to 12
  • Availability: Coming May 21st, 2024
  • Status: Completed