Hustle

Johnny Huttle and his best friend, 15-year-old Rex King, eat, sleep, and breathe basketball in their inner-city Vancouver neighbourhood, where drug deals and the pop of gunfire are everyday occurrences. When 14-year-old Johnny (appropriately nicknamed ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Tin Star

By Cecil Castellucci

With Tin Star, author Cecil Castellucci (YA editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books) takes readers to the boundless realm of outer space for a novel that tells not only of aliens and intrigue, ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Jewel of the Thames

By Angela Misri

Toronto-based journalist and author Angela Misri’s Jewel of the Thames is an homage to a never-ending source of cultural fascination: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. The book, which begins in 1929, revolves around ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

On a Scale from Idiot to Complete Jerk

By Alison Hughes

Remember that kid in school who was a bit ballsy, a bit outside the box, but in a charming, likable way? That’s J.J. Murphy. While other kids in his class might play it safe and ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Boundless

By Kenneth Oppel

While Kenneth Oppel may be known for his brisk plots and inventive premises, he reveals himself as a modern-day Farley Mowat in his latest effort, an all-Canadian thriller set in the late 18oos against the ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Blue Gold

By Elizabeth Stewart

In January 2012, NPR’s This American Life broadcast what was, for a time, its most popular episode ever. Wanting to expose the dark side of the Apple computer cult, it ran a reworked excerpt from ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Above All Else

By Jeff Ross

Victoria’s Orca Book Publishers expands its Sports series with two new titles: Above All Else, which follows the drama on and off the soccer pitch, and Underhand, a lacrosse story involving two brothers. Aimed at ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Underhand M.J. McIsaac

By M.J. McIsaac

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition

By John Wilson

With almost 40 books to his credit, John Wilson is no stranger to writing historical fiction and non-fiction for young readers. For this latest instalment in Scholastic’s Our Canada series, Wilson uses his considerable knowledge ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Shifting Sands: Life in the Times of Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad

By Kathy Lowinger

In Shifting Sands, author and former Tundra Books publisher Kathy Lowinger takes readers on thoroughly researched adventures through Egypt, Nazareth, and Mecca, paying plenty of attention to historical detail and handling her subject matter respectfully. ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Hustle

Tin Star

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Blue Gold

Above All Else

Underhand M.J. McIsaac

Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition

Shifting Sands: Life in the Times of Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad

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