Li Jun and the Iron Road

Writer, broadcaster, and movie producer Anne Tait’s novel adaptation of her Gemini Award–winning TV mini-series Iron Road tells the story of teenager Li Jun, who travels from southern China to the mountains of B.C. in ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius

By Stacey Matson

Vancouver author Stacey Matson’s second instalment in the Genius trilogy (following A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius) once again finds Arthur Bean, our excitable and ambitious hero, struggling with unpopularity, ... Read More »

December 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Set You Free

By Jeff Ross

The seventh YA novel from Ottawa writer Jeff Ross demonstrates that plots cannot live on twists alone. Set You Free attempts to amp up a fairly thin story with a big third-act switcheroo that makes ... Read More »

November 17, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Emperor of Any Place

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Themes of loss, historical trauma, and the subjectivity of memory are not exactly rare in Canadian fiction, even in books aimed at younger readers. However, the ambitious new novel by celebrated kidlit veteran Tim Wynne-Jones ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Year of Borrowed Men

By Michelle Barker; Renné Benoit (illus.)

“I was seven when the French prisoners of war arrived at our house.” From this opening sentence, Michelle Barker’s picture book introduces a challenging issue to its young audience. Based on the experiences of the ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

If You’re Lucky

By Yvonne Prinz

The latest novel from San Francisco–based Canadian author (and Amoeba Music co-founder) Yvonne Prinz starts out as a sad story about a disaffected teenager and slowly builds into a hold-on-to-your-seat thriller. Georgia is trying to ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Aptitude

By Natalie Corbett Sampson

In the future, society is ruled by a dictatorial government called the Authority, which enforces a hierarchical system based on ability. Those who have the means and lineage to take exams for specific proficiencies (academic ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Minrs

By Kevin Sylvester

In the first instalment of his new series, Kevin Sylvester turns his attention from the kitchen capers of Neil Flambé to an adventure set in space. With Earth’s resources dwindling, the Melming Mining company launches ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Young Man with Camera

By David Wyman (photo.); Emil Sher

The narrator of Young Man with Camera is T—, a 13-year-old street photographer who chooses to leave his full name out of the narrative because “I know someone will come along and twist a normal ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Madly (Potion series, book 1)

By Amy Alward

Ah, love. It changes us. Not only did it prompt U.K.-born, Canadian-raised author Amy Alward to take her new husband’s name, it also seems to have influenced her writing. As Amy McCulloch, Alward published two ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Li Jun and the Iron Road

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius

Set You Free

The Emperor of Any Place

A Year of Borrowed Men

If You’re Lucky

Aptitude

Minrs

Young Man with Camera

Madly (Potion series, book 1)

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