Biography
Sandra McTavish is a former high school English teacher and now works in educational publishing. She and her partner, Doug, divide their time between Toronto and his family farm in Ontario, where they have a few “pet” cows and barn cats.
Awards
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The Cricket War
2025 - Forest of Reading; Red Maple Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2024 - 2024/25 Red Cedar Book Award, Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of British Columbia, Commended
2024 - Delaware Diamond; Grades 3-5, Diamond State Reading Association (DSRA), Commended
2024 - Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, The Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Commended
2024 - Jean Little First-Novel Award, The Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
2024 - Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature, University of Connecticut, Commended
2024 - Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Willow Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award (SYRCA), Commended
2024 - USBBY 2024 Outstanding International Books List, United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), Commended
2023 - Freeman Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult’s Literature on East and Southeast Asia, The National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTAsia), Winner
Novels
The Cricket War, 2023