Monique Polak

MONIQUE POLAK is the author of 26 novels for young readers, as well as two non-fiction titles and a board book. Her books Hate Mail, Room for One More, and the historical novel What World is Left, which was inspired by her mother’s experience during the Holocaust, were all winners of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for Children’s and YA Literature.

Her books have also been nominated for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the Arthur Ellis Award, and several have been selected as Best Books for Children and Teens by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.

She is also a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Macleans, and Postmedia newspapers across the country, and is a columnist on ICI Radio-Canada’s Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! Monique lives in Montreal, Quebec, where she teaches English and Humanities at Marianopolis College.

Books by Monique Polak

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The Brass Charm

Why Humans Work

What World is Left

No More Pranks

Princess Angelica, Junior Reporter

Room for One More

The Taste of Rain

I Am a Feminist

Princess Angelica, Part-Time Lion Trainer

Planet Grief

Princess Angelica, Camp Catastrophe

Bullies Rule

Leggings Revolt

Forensics Squad Unleashed

Passover

Learning the Ropes

On the Game

Hate Mail

Straight Punch

So Much It Hurts

Pyro

Scarred

Miracleville

The Middle of Everywhere

Junkyard Dog

121 Express

Finding Elmo

All In

No More Pranks

Home Invasion

Flip Turn