Are You Seeing Me?

Vancouver-based Australian author Darren Groth’s Are You Seeing Me? tells of 19-year-old twins Perry and Justine, who travel from Australia to North America on a sightseeing trip, not sure what they will find. Perry is ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Nest

By Kenneth Oppel; Jon Klassen (illus.)

Scary stories work best when they are sourced from real fear. That’s why, no matter how fun they may be, movies about giant lizards or regenerated dinosaurs can never compete with CGI-free tales about weirdos ... Read More »

July 9, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ A Sense of the Infinite

By Hilary T. Smith

Hilary T. Smith’s path to publication is a kind of cyber-fairytale. Working as an unpaid intern in the publishing industry and needing to make the rent, she started an anonymous blog called “Intern.” Written in ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Tru Detective

By Norah McClintock; Steven P. Hughes (illus.)

Truman Tucker, the protagonist of the new graphic novel from Norah McClintock and illustrator Steven P. Hughes, is in high school. With his parents out of town, he makes tentative plans to have his girlfriend, ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Mosquito Brothers

By Griffin Ondaatje; Erica Salcedo (illus.)

Griffin Ondaatje’s tale about a timid young motorcycle-jacket-clad mosquito named Dinnn is a light and entertaining allegory about overcoming fear, being true to yourself, and finding your wings. The youngest of a brood of 400 ... Read More »

June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Forever Julia

By Jodi Carmichael

Julia Collins does not want to have sex with her boyfriend, Jeremy. Not yet. At 16, she doesn’t feel ready and she has a lot of other things going on in her life. Her father ... Read More »

June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Truth Commission

By Susan Juby

Susan Juby might veto the label “Canada’s Queen of YA” in favour of something quirkier and more modest (perhaps “Canada’s Grand Poobah of YA” would be more fitting), but her wry, complex, and shocking seventh ... Read More »

June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Femme

By Mette Bach

Sofie, the central character in Mette Bach’s new YA novel, has a gorgeous boyfriend, popularity, and perfect skin. She should be over the moon, and yet, she isn’t happy. A mediocre student, Sofie is paired ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ We Are All Made of Molecules

By Susin Nielsen

Drama, humour, poignancy, and suspense are rarely found in such perfect proportions as in Governor General’s Literary Award–winner Susin Nielsen’s new novel about a teen odd couple forced together in a blended family situation. Thirteen-year-old ... Read More »

June 2, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Farmerettes

By Gisela Tobien Sherman

During the summer of 1943, while the Second World War rages in Europe, five teenage “city girls” play their part in the war effort by joining the Ontario Farm Services as “farmerettes,” taking over agricultural ... Read More »

May 26, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Are You Seeing Me?

★ The Nest

★ A Sense of the Infinite

Tru Detective

The Mosquito Brothers

Forever Julia

★ The Truth Commission

★ Femme

★ We Are All Made of Molecules

The Farmerettes

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