It's the perfect novel with poetic imagery, gripping heartbreak and honest writing that lifted my spirit,' Jacobs said during the Canada Reads 2021 finale. But I feel like I've had a driving force behind me during this debate. 'While I really love Jonny Appleseed to my core, pun intended, I honestly never imagined that I could do it justice enough to make it this far in Canada Reads. Jacobs won in a 3-2 vote on the final day. Butter Honey Pig Breadwas defended by chef, TV host and recording artist Roger Mooking. The runner-up was Butter Honey Pig Bread by Halifax author Francesca Ekwuyasi, a debut novel which tells the interwoven stories of three Nigerian women, Kambirinachi and her twin daughters Taiye and Kehinde, who are torn apart by a traumatic experience. So it's so much bigger than myself and I just feel so humbled and so honoured to have been a part of this and now to call Jonny Appleseed the winner of Canada Reads.' I'm also 's also representing two-spirit and Indigiqueer communities in this. I feel like I'm representing so much more than myself in this competition. I'm also just so glad that I got to defend this book on such a great platform and also bring attention to the author Joshua Whitehead's incredible writing,' Jacobs said after winning Canada Reads 2021. Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead touched me deeply in my own personal life, and also the character Jonny has helped guide me through this process. 'I feel so honoured to have defended this book in the first place. It also won the Lambda Literary Award for gay fiction. Jonny Appleseed, Whitehead's debut novel, is the first book by an Indigenous author to win Canada Reads. The book was previously on the longlist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

Jacobs successfully presented her case about why the 2018 novel Jonny Appleseed - a coming-of-age story about a two-spirit person named Jonny trying to put his life back together following the death of his stepfather - best fits the Canada Reads 2021 theme as the 'one book to transport us.' In a gripping finale, the book she championed, novel Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead, survived the final elimination vote on March 11, 2021. And then there was one: actor and filmmaker Devery Jacobs has won Canada Reads 2021.

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