Carol Matas
Carol Matas | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 14, 1949 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Writing career | |
| Genre | Children's literature |
Carol Matas is a Canadian writer. She has had more than fifty books for young people published over several decades, including science fiction, fantasy, historical, contemporary, realistic fiction, historical fiction and foods science.[1] Her novels often reflect a Jewish perspective, and her best-known are set during the Holocaust. Her books have been highly honored, including having been shortlisted for the Governor General's Awards twice.[2]
Career
[edit]Matas' book A Struggle for Hope was launched as part of the first Holocaust Education Week in Winnipeg in November 2021.[3]
On November 10, 2025, during Holocaust Education Month, Matas held the public launch of her book A Storm Unleashed, organised by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, at which the Minister of Education and Childhood Learning Tracy Schmidt announced that Manitoba was implementing a mandatory Holocaust education curriculum for grades 6, 9, and 11.[4][5][6] A Storm Unleashed is the only novel in the grade 6 portion of the curriculum.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]- After the War
- Cloning Miranda (1999)[11]
- The Second Clone (2001)[12]
- The Dark Clone (2005)[13]
- Of Two Minds (with Perry Nodelman)
- More Minds (with Perry Nodelman)
- Out of their Minds (with Perry Nodelman)
- A Meeting of Minds (with Perry Nodelman)
- The Freak
- The Garden
- Jesper
- Kris's War (formerly Code Name Kris)
- Lisa's War
- Past Crimes (2007)
- Sparks Fly Upward
- Visions
- The War Within
- Daniel's Story
- The Primrose Path
- Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott (part of Dear Canada series)
- Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein (part of Dear Canada series)
- A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas (contributor, part of Dear Canada series)
- Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz (part of Dear Canada series)
- A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas (contributor, part of Dear Canada series)
- Behind Enemy Lines: World War II, Sam Frederiksen (part of I Am Canada series)
- Greater Than Angels
- The Lost Locket
- In my Enemy's House
- Past Crimes (Fictive Press, 2020)
- Cloning Miranda (Fictive Press, 2017)
- Tucson Jo (Fictive Press, 2014), National Jewish Book Awards Finalist
- When I Die: A meditation on death for children & their families (Fictive Press, 2013)
- A Struggle for Hope (Scholastic Canada, 2021)
- A Storm Unleashed (Scholastic Canada, 2025)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Carol Matas". Scholastic. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Member Profile".
- ↑ Lomghurst, John (November 2, 2026). "Carol Matas is launching her newest book for young adults at Winnipeg's first-ever Holocaust Education Week". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ Love, Myron. "New book by Carol Matas to be the centrepiece of upcoming Jewish Heritage Centre Kristallnacht program". The Jewish Post and News. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ East, Ron (November 14, 2025). "Manitoba Makes Holocaust Education Mandatory As Carol Matas Launches New Novel At Winnipeg Event". The J.ca Jewish News. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ "New Holocaust Curriculum Now Available to Grades 6, 9 and 11 Students". Manitoba. November 10, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ Smith, Charlie (February 20, 2026). "A Storm Unleashed author Carol Matas takes readers inside a Jewish girl's head as she responds to the Nazi threat". Pancouver. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ "10 kids' books by Jewish Canadian authors to read right now". CBC Books. May 27, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ Wolf, Chris (November 28, 2024). "Books For Middle School Kids: McNally Robinson features three Winnipeg authors". Winnipeg's Classic 107. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ Longhurst, John (November 20, 2023). "Jewish authors discuss role of hope in writing". The Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
- ↑ Golke, Darleen (November 12, 1999). "Cloning Miranda". Canadian Review of Materials. VI (6).
- ↑ Pike, Christina (March 15, 2002). "The Second Clone". Canadian Review of Materials. VIII (14).
- ↑ Pike, Christina (November 10, 2005). "The Dark Clone". Canadian Review of Materials. XII (6).
