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category: Fiction
published: Sep 2011
ISBN:9781552442869
publisher: Red Deer Press

Tom Finder

by Martine Leavitt

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Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award in the category of Juvenile-Young Adult Fiction!Winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award!Shortlist for the 2004 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book AwardOntario Library Association's Golden Oak Award winner, 2005This riveting story is about a fifteen-yearold boy who, as the story opens, realizes he has no idea who he is-beyond his first name-or what has led to his loss of memory. From the outset, he's on the run, a street kid thrust out on his own, living byhis wits and involved in a quest to find another lost teenager whose First Nations father is desperate for news of his son. In the process, he learns to survive and begins to get a sense of his strengths and character."

About the Author

Martine Leavitt

MARTINE LEAVITT is the author of several award-winning books for young readers, including Calvin (winner of the Governor General’s Award), My Book of Life by Angel (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year) and Keturah and Lord Death (finalist for the National Book Award). She teaches in the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Martine lives in High River, Alberta.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
14 to 18
Grade:
9 to 12
Awards
  • Winner, OLA Golden Oak Award
  • Short-listed, CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award
  • Winner, Benjamin Franklin Award in Juvenile-Young Adult Fiction
  • Winner, Mr. Christie's Book Award
  • Runner-up, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year

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