Book Awards & Distinctions
for Janice Lynn Mather
9 Total Book Awards
Learning to Breathe (6)
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2015-2024
Finalist, 2019
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2024
Author Finalist, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2018
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2019
Where Was Goodbye? (2)
In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2025
Fiction Selection, 2025
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2024
Facing the Sun (1)
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2015-2024
Winner, 2021
