Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door

By Cary Fagan and Chelsea O’Byrne (ill.)

Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door is a funny and thought-provoking middle-grade novel about the power of stories – especially the ones we tell ourselves. Real life isn’t a fairy tale for Andie Gladman. The ... Read More »

September 11, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

One Summer in Vancouver

By Tony Correia

One Summer in Vancouver is a coming out story set against the backdrop of Vancouver’s Gay Games, which were held in 1990. At 17, Tom is struggling to come out – both to himself and ... Read More »

September 4, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Ephemia Rimaldi: Circus Performer Extraordinaire

By Linda DeMeulemeester

Abandoned at birth by her father Phineas, “a scoundrel, a flim-flammer, and worse, circus riff-raff,” Ephemia Rimaldi (Effy) has found a comfortable home with her great-aunt Ada, a committed campaigner for women’s rights. Determined that ... Read More »

August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Focus. Click. Wind.

By Amanda West Lewis

Focus. Click. Wind. These are the actions 11th grader Billie Taylor performs when taking photographs. She is a teenager trying to make sense of a tumultuous world: the book opens in April 1968, in New ... Read More »

August 14, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

What a Desi Girl Wants

By Sabina Khan

When her estranged father decides to remarry and invites her to the wedding in India, Mehar Rabbani sees it as her chance to mend family ties. But can this American teenager reconnect with the Indian ... Read More »

August 2, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Where the Water Takes Us

By Alan Barillaro

A summer with your doting grandparents and tons of independence at a beautiful lake might appeal to some 11-year-olds, but for Ava Amato, the protagonist of Where the Water Takes Us, it’s a crushing sentence. ... Read More »

July 26, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Grover School Pledge

By Wanda Taylor

Sixth-grader Arlaina is excited to be taking care of her cousin Patrice’s bunny, now that Patrice and her family are moving to New York. On the other hand, Arlaina’s elderly teacher Mr. Matthews has been ... Read More »

July 24, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Cardboard City

By Katarina Jovanovic

Belgrade-born Katarina Jovanovic offers an endearing fictional story about a place that once existed in her hometown. Cardboard City follows Romani teenagers Nikola and his older sister Saida as they dream of escaping the informal ... Read More »

July 19, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Lore Isle

By Jiin Kim

Peter, the protagonist of Lore Isle, the debut middle grade novel from Newfoundland writer Jiin Kim, does not have an easy life. He and his mother, who suffers from anxiety and the persistent delusion that ... Read More »

July 5, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Umbrella House

By Colleen Nelson

In Colleen Nelson’s latest middle grade novel, readers follow aspiring journalist Ruby Markowski and her best friend, Scout Chang-Poulin, as they fight against gentrification in their beloved New York City neighbourhood. Since the death of ... Read More »

June 28, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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