Born Ugly

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

The Summer of Permanent Wants

By Jamieson Findlay

In the acknowledgements to this wild ride of a novel, Ottawa writer and journalist Jamieson Findlay refers to his story as a “mishmash.” It is an apt description of a book that contains aspects of ... Read More »

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

The Case of the Missing Deed

By Ellen Schwartz

Remember the Famous Five? Like Enid Blyton’s series of page-turners from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, Ellen Schwartz’s newest book revolves around five children – siblings Genevieve, Sébastien, and Claire, and their cousins Alex and ... Read More »

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

The Vampire Stalker

By Allison Van Diepen

With bookstore and library shelves already crammed with Twilight imitators and cash-ins, the appearance of yet another vampire-centric YA novel is less cause for celebration than deserving of a heavy sigh. One shouldn’t make the ... Read More »

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

The Hangman in the Mirror

By Kate Cayley

The heroine of Kate Cayley’s first novel can’t catch a break. Born into abject poverty in 18th-century New France, Françoise Laurent is orphaned when the measles claims her drunken parents. She hits on some luck ... Read More »

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

The Medusa Plot: Cahills vs. Vespers, Book One

By Gordon Korman

Since 2008, millions of young readers have followed Dan and Amy Cahill around the globe and through 10 volumes of the thrilling, multi-author 39 Clues series. After the final book’s amazing conclusion, the Cahills were ... Read More »

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

The Whole Truth

By Kit Pearson

As Kit Pearson’s Depression-era novel begins, Polly and Maud are newly orphaned. Their father has just drowned, and their mother died before nine-year-old Polly was old enough to remember her. The two are now travelling ... Read More »

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

Big City Otto

By Bill Slavin

A sentimental elephant is an unlikely hero for a graphic novel, but Otto is the unwitting leading “man” in this comic adventure, the first instalment of a new series. Cursed with the proverbial good memory, ... Read More »

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

★ Once Every Never

By Lesley Livingston

Fantasy author Lesley Livingston is well-known for weaving magic into her narratives. With her new novel, the author of the Wondrous Strange trilogy has done something that goes beyond magical – in fact, it may ... Read More »

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

The Greyhound

By John Cooper

It should be a simple story: boy adopts older racing dog, boy retrains dog for one last big race, dog wins race. In The Greyhound, however, this simple tale gets bogged down by an overabundance ... Read More »

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

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Quill and Quire

Born Ugly

The Summer of Permanent Wants

The Case of the Missing Deed

The Vampire Stalker

The Hangman in the Mirror

The Medusa Plot: Cahills vs. Vespers, Book One

The Whole Truth

Big City Otto

★ Once Every Never

The Greyhound

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