Danny, Who Fell in a Hole

In celebrated author Cary Fagan’s latest middle-grade novel, young Danny is presented with a dire and confusing situation: his father announces he is moving to New York City to become an opera singer, and his ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Still at War

By Jean Booker

The protagonist of Jean Booker’s new novel is a girl named Ellen who lives in a small town in England shortly after the end of the Second World War. Though the conflict is over, life ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

An Infidel in Paradise

By S.J. Laidlaw

First-time author S.J. Laidlaw draws heavily on her experiences living in Pakistan (she now resides in Toronto) to examine the struggles of a troubled teen thrust into the unfamiliar – and sometimes dangerous – world ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Sneaky Art

By Marthe Jocelyn

Aimed at kids ages eight and up, Sneaky Art is a craft book with an unusual twist: it encourages children to make public art. Each of the book’s 24 craft ideas is twofold, offering instructions ... Read More »

April 9, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Skim

By Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (illus.)

This graphic novel is a winner. Skim is a unique creation by Mariko Tamaki, a Toronto-based writer and playwright, and her cousin, illustrator Jillian Tamaki, formerly of Edmonton and now living in New York, whose ... Read More »

March 28, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Blackwell Pages: Loki’s Wolves

By K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr

The most frightening aspect of apocalyptic stories is not the means by which the world will end, but the fact of the end itself. Continent-crushing tsunamis, giant meteors, and zombies are all very scary, but ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Lake and the Library

By S.M. Beiko

In S.M. Beiko’s florid debut, 16-year-old Ashleigh’s fantasy to escape her “bitter, broken” small town is finally about to come true: her chain-smoking nurse mother has announced they’ll leave at summer’s end. An incurable romantic, ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Path of Names

By Ari Goelman

Ari Goelman’s The Path of Names is a charming if somewhat complicated take on the summer-camp mystery novel, infused with Kabbalah mysticism and Gematria, a form of Jewish numerology based on the Hebrew alphabet. When ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz

By Alan Silberberg

Novels featuring prose interspersed with comics (the Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Big Nate series, for example) are all the rage, though Canadian additions to this trend have been few and far between. Enter ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Allegra

By Shelley Hrdlitschka

Allegra is not just the title of Shelley Hrdlitschka’s newest novel for young readers, it is also the name of the protagonist and a piece of music that becomes the girl’s salvation and downfall. After ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Danny, Who Fell in a Hole

Still at War

An Infidel in Paradise

Sneaky Art

★ Skim

The Blackwell Pages: Loki’s Wolves

The Lake and the Library

The Path of Names

The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz

Allegra

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