Crossing the Farak River

In her first children’s novel, Michelle Aung Thin – who was born in Myanmar (then called Burma), raised in Canada, and now lives in Australia – paints a vivid picture of the modern Myanmar and ... Read More »

June 25, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Stone of Sorrow

By Brooke Carter

Despite its continued appeal and popularity, traditional fantasy has begun to feel somewhat exhausted, its material and approaches worn beyond overfamiliarity. So many quests, so many swords, so many destinies. Thankfully, a number of writers ... Read More »

June 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Hunted by the Sky

By Tanaz Bhathena

June 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

You Don’t Have to Die in the End

By Anita Daher

Anita Daher’s new novel starts off slow and choppy but by the end has you invested and enthralled. Eugenia Grimm’s father died by suicide and her mother left her soon after. One older brother is a ... Read More »

June 1, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass

By Adan Jerreat-Poole

If the last few seasons of publishing are any indication, we’re in the midst of a 21st-century witch craze. Witchery is hot, and it’s popping up across all publishing and entertainment categories: middle-grade graphic novels, ... Read More »

May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Automatic Age

By GMB Chomichuk

The Automatic Age is the first in a series of illustrated novellas by Winnipeg graphic novelist GMB Chomichuk. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where robots rule, humans are nearly extinct, and automated ... Read More »

April 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Tales from Beyond the Brain

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

For a certain subset of readers who came through their middle-grade years in the 1980s, there are few books as iconic as the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, in which author Alvin ... Read More »

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Tales from the Fringes of Fear

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Music for Tigers

By Michelle Kadarusman

From the opening sentence of Music For Tigers, author Michelle Kadarusman signals she is writing a book for thoughtful readers. “The first sound I hear in the forest at the bottom of the world is ... Read More »

April 17, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Alien Nate

By Dave Whamond

An alien crash-lands on Earth. The creature – who is childlike, goofy, and more than a little weird looking – quickly befriends a human boy, who helps the visitor evade some government-agent types looking to ... Read More »

April 2, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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