Carol Matas is a Canadian writer. Carol Matas has had more than forty-five books for young people published over several decades, including

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

, fantasy, historical and contemporary. Her novels often reflect a Jewish perspective, and her best-known are set during the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

. Her books have been highly honored. She has been shortlisted for the

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twice.

Bibliography

* ''After the War'' * ''Cloning Miranda'' (1999) * ''The Second Clone'' (2001) * ''The Dark Clone'' (2005) * ''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 ''Dear Canada'' is a series of historical novels marketed at kids first published in 2001 and continuing to the present. The books are published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. They are similar to the ''Dear America'' series, with each book written in ...

'' series) * ''Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein'' (part of ''

'' series) * ''A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas'' (contributor, part of ''

'' series) * ''Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz'' (part of ''

'' series) * ''A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas'' (contributor, part of ''

'' series) * ''Behind Enemy Lines: World War II, Sam Frederiksen'' (part of ''

I Am Canada ''I Am Canada'' is a series of Canadian historical novels marketed at older boys, with the first book being published in September 2010. The series is written by a variety of Canadian authors and is published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. The boo ...

'' 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)

References

External links

Carol Matas' official website
Living people Canadian children's writers Jewish Canadian writers Canadian women children's writers Canadian women novelists Jewish women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub