★ Ebb & Flow

In Heather Smith’s new middle-grade novel-in-verse, the wordplay grabs you first: “Jett, do you know what killed the cat?” “That’s a curious question Grandma – a dog?” So goes the back and forth between the ... Read More »

April 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Sound of Freedom

By Kathy Kacer

The Sound of Freedom is the story of Anna Hirsch, a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Krakow, Poland. The book begins in 1936. Anna, her friends, and family are worried about the rise of Hitler and ... Read More »

April 2, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Krista Kim-Bap

By Angela Ahn

Navigating the ups and downs of friendship is never easy – particularly when on the cusp of adolescence. Two debut novels give voice to the experiences of girls growing apart from their BFFs. And both ... Read More »

March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Running Through Sprinklers

By Michelle Kim

March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A World Below

By Wesley King

The students in Edgewood Middle School’s Grade 8 advanced placement class aren’t feeling all that psyched about their graduation field trip. The kids, from small-town New Mexico, expected a weekend in Albuquerque – but their ... Read More »

March 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The 11th Hour

By Kristine Scarrow

“It is my wish that a book like this one helps to start a conversation about mental illness,” writes Saskatoon novelist Kristine Scarrow in the author’s note of The 11th Hour. This cautionary tale takes ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Possibility of Whales

By Karen Rivers

In her latest middle-grade novel, Victoria, B.C.–author Karen Rivers (The Encyclopedia of Me; Waiting to Dive) delivers a contemporary coming-of-age story fused with otherworldly marine elements. The protagonists in A Possibility of Whales are 12-year-old ... Read More »

March 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Girl Like That

By Tanaz Bhathena

Tanaz Bhathena’s debut novel begins with a car crash. Teenagers Zarin and Porus are killed on a highway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Their ghosts linger above the wreckage, where they watch family members react to ... Read More »

February 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Journey of Little Charlie

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis’s latest book is a companion to both his Newbery Honor–winner Elijah of Buxton and its follow-up, The Madman of Piney Woods. Both of these earlier books take place in Buxton, the real-life ... Read More »

February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ophelia

By Charlotte Gingras; Daniel Sylvestre (ill.); Christelle Morelli (trans.); Susan Ouriou (trans.)

No one texts in the YA novel Ophelia, or Snapchats, plays video games, or watches YouTube. The characters still do teenager-y things – graffiti alleyways, have sex, gossip, bully, and body shame each other – ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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