Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II

When Scholastic’s Dear Canada series began in 2001, its aim was to engage young female readers with Canadian history while providing useful resources for teachers and librarians. In the books, written in the form of ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Plain Kate

By Erin Bow

Katerina Svetlana, the daughter of a woodcarver, has a rare gift: she can whittle wood with such perfection that her creations often reveal uncomfortable secrets about people, causing them to fear her. First-time YA author ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

By Tim Cook

Sir Sam Hughes and Sir Arthur Currie, lifted out of obscurity by the First World War, occupy very different places in the pantheon of great Canadians. Hughes – the abrasive, unstable Minister of Militia and ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Breakfast at the Exit Café: Travels Through America

By Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds

In December 2006, husband and wife Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds decided to take the long way home from Vancouver to Ontario. Anxious to avoid winter driving, and eager to experience America – a nation ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Home Free: The Myth of the Empty Nest

By Marni Jackson

There was a time, not so very long ago, when the idea of a young adult moving back in with his or her parents after leaving home to pursue an education, adventure, or gainful employment ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

One Bird’s Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-something Who Moves Back Home

By Iain Reid

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Secret Life of Owen Skye

By Alan Cumyn

One of the most compelling aspects of creating a make-believe life is the sense of protracted time and otherworldliness that comes with it. The narrator in Alan Cumyn’s latest novel reveals glimpses of this other ... Read More »

October 29, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Patternicity

By Jim Johnstone

The term “patternicity,” as writer Michael Shermer explains in a 2008 Scientific American article, refers to the human predisposition “to find meaningful patterns in meaningless noise.” It is an attempt to impose order on what ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

The Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran

By Yadi Sharifirad

When the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979, he promised freedom from the tyranny of the Shah of Iran. For many Iranians, such as Yadi Sharifirad, Khomeini merely replaced one gang of infamous torturers ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Year of the Golden Dragon

By B.L. Sauder

A long time ago, the mystical and powerful Black Dragon presented the Chinese emperor with the gift of an ancient ball of jade. Two thousand years later, when a promise is broken and lives are ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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