Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet

Neil Flambé is a triple threat: a world-renowned teen chef, a first-class detective, and a perfectionist grump. His appetizing adventures solving madcap mysteries are Silver Birch Award–winning Canadian bestsellers, and author Kevin Sylvester serves up ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Something Wiki

By Suzanne Sutherland

Jo Waller is struggling with how to express her individuality without straying too far from the crowd. It’s a typical tween problem, but 12-year-old Jo – a self-described acne-scarred, bespectacled, geeky loser – has found ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The World Without Us

By Robin Stevenson

Prologues are designed to pull readers into novels by presenting just enough of an event, usually a catastrophe, to make them crave answers. Prologues are also sometimes employed to compensate for weak stories, propelling us ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Best Friends Through Eternity

By Sylvia McNicoll

In her latest novel, veteran YA author Sylvia McNicoll takes a typical drama centred around the old standby theme of the kid who doesn’t fit in and turns it into something more interesting. Born in ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Dogs

By Allan Stratton

Playwright and author Allan Stratton has written Dora Mavor Moore Award–winning plays, fiction for adults, and, recently, a pair of fantasy books for middle-graders, but he is arguably best known for YA titles such as ... Read More »

January 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Lonely

By Ainslie Hogarth

Ainslie Hogarth’s debut novel is morbid, unnerving, and difficult. The majority of readers would do well to heed the warning in the book’s first chapter, issued by protagonist and first-person narrator Easter Deetz: “If you’re ... Read More »

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

About that Night

By Norah McClintock

There’s very little to connect Elise Diehl and Derek Maugham in five-time Arthur Ellis Award–winning author Norah McClintock’s latest mystery for teen readers. Sure, the police lieutenant’s wife and the 17-year-old high-school student live quite ... Read More »

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

Kissing Frogs

By Alisha Sevigny

In this modern reimagining of The Frog Prince, debut author Alisha Sevigny turns a typical high-school drama on its head by setting it in tropical El Valle de Anton, Panama. Popular high-school senior Jess Stone ... Read More »

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

On the Edge

By Allison Van Diepen

Life hasn’t been easy for Maddie Diaz, who, at age 11, lost her dad to a heart attack. Her mom’s now in the midst of divorcing husband number two, who’s been nothing but a financial ... Read More »

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

Do Not Open Until Christmas

By Jean Little

Beloved author Jean Little is an expert at creating stories about the inner lives of children, a talent that is on full display in each of these 12 Christmas-themed tales. A pair of twins rebel ... Read More »

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

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Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet

Something Wiki

The World Without Us

Best Friends Through Eternity

★ The Dogs

The Lonely

About that Night

Kissing Frogs

On the Edge

Do Not Open Until Christmas

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