The
National Chapter of Canada IODE (Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire), a women's charitable organization, has been offering the
Violet Downey Book Award since
1985. This award of $3000 is offered annually for the best English
language book for children up to age 13 containing at least 500 words of
text published in Canada in the previous year and selected from
submitted books.
In March, the
short list of books nominated for the
2013 Violet Downey Book Award were announced. And on May 31, the
winner was announced at IODE Canada’s 113th National Annual Meeting held at the Carriage House Inn in Calgary.
The 2013 Violet Downey Book Award winner is
The Green Man
by Michael Bedard
Tundra Books
304 pp.
Ages 11-14
2012
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