To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis

The Holocaust is not an easy subject to discuss with children – how do you convey the horror without overwhelming them? In To Hope and Back, former psychologist Kathy Kacer introduces the topic to young ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature

By Dora Lee; Margot Thompson, illus.

Biomimicry is packed with the natural world’s inherent innovations and solutions to problems. Vancouver writer Dora Lee has pulled together dozens of examples of the ways science follows nature’s lead, from wild prairies acting as ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids

By Wayne Lynch

Renowned Canadian wildlife photo-grapher and author Wayne Lynch has produced another winning reference for middle-grade readers. Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids is fabulous to look at. Lynch’s photos take up the majority of ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Stretchy Body

By Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein; Joe Weissmann, illus.

Childhood is about looking for answers to the kinds of perplexing questions that arise with each day and new experience, and the biggest question marks get planted all over that item kids carry around with ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein

By Kenneth Oppel

The movie rights to Kenneth Oppel’s latest novel have already been sold to the producers of the Twilight series. No surprise there. This Dark Endeavour has all the elements – a love triangle, the supernatural, ... Read More »

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

No Ordinary Day

By Deborah Ellis

There is nothing harder to perceive than our own preconceptions, and perhaps no better remedy for this blindness than walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. That idea drives two new novels by a pair ... Read More »

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

First Descent

By Pam Withers

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Catboy

By Eric Walters

When veteran YA author Eric Walters decided to seek some friendly advice in writing his latest novel, he didn’t just find himself an editor: he enlisted 800 of them. Every Monday for 10 weeks, students ... Read More »

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Dumb Luck

By Lesley Choyce

In Dumb Luck, a lonely misfit who is “sleepwalking through” Grade 11 does what almost everyone else just dreams of: he wins the lottery. Such an event has the potential to turn anyone’s life around, ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Testify

By Valerie Sherrard

Two new YA novels by veteran authors share an unusual theme: both feature 16-year-old female protagonists who become unwitting (and, in one case, unwilling) accessories to serious crimes. In Valerie Sherrard’s electrifying Testify, Shana Tremain ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature

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My Stretchy Body

This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein

No Ordinary Day

First Descent

Catboy

Dumb Luck

Testify

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