

" Rez Runaway was the same as an being in an emotional roller coaster.I'm defenitely reading something else from Melanie Florence if I have the chance." Her other books include Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools and the teen novels Just Lucky, He Who Dreams, The Missing, One Night, and Rez Runaway. Her most recent picture book, Stolen Words, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.

She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. MELANIE FLORENCE is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto, Ontario. Ses œuvres de fiction sont le roman pour ados One Night ainsi que l'album illustré Missing Nimama, gagnant du Prix TD de la littérature jeunesse. Son premier livre, Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL, a été choisi comme livre d'honneur par l'American Indian Library Association. Melanie Florence est auteure canadienne de descendance crie et écossaise.
