Children and YA Non-fiction

A Reckless Moon

A Reckless Moon explores the lives of middle-class, middle-aged characters undergoing fateful moments that propel them toward an epiphany and a thorough re-evaluation of life. Often set in Prairie cities and their suburbs, the stories ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Naked Brunch

By Sparkle Hayter

Sparkle Hayter, a transplanted Canadian turned New Yorker, has attracted a cult-like following for the sassy, girl-powered Robin Hunter mystery series. Her new novel, Naked Brunch, abandons the winning Robin Hunter formula without abandoning Hayter’s ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Wrong Madonna

By Britt Holmstrom

The Wrong Madonna, Regina writer Britt Holmstrom’s second English-language novel, begins in a deserted churchyard in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in the spring of 1965. “In this city, where the image of Madonna and Child cropped up ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Come on Dad! 75 Things for Fathers and Sons to Do Together

By Ed Avis, Geneviève Després, illus.

The idea is a good one. There’s room in the market for a book on activities for fathers and sons. But Chicago-based journalist Ed Avis’s book (with its same-size companion journal costing $15.95) fails on ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Young Adventurer’s Guide to Everest: From Avalanche to Zopkio

By Jonathan Chester

The Young Adventurer’s Guide to Everest, by climber and author Jonathan Chester, joins a spate of recent books for young readers and future mountaineers. Using the alphabet format of his popular A is for Antarctica, ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Porcupines and China Dolls

By Robert Alexie

Any author that begins a novel with a man standing on a lonely highway with the business end of a rifle in his mouth has got his work cut out for him. The challenge is ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Mount Appetite

By Bill Gaston

Bill Gaston’s Mount Appetite is an unsettling collection of 12 short stories that plunges readers into a morass of unfulfilled desires, broken hearts, and lives overwhelmed to the point of destruction by chemical and emotional ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Spying 101: The Rcmp’s Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997

By Steve Hewitt

In light of sweeping new police powers approved by the Canadian government last fall, Spying 101 is a timely and valuable document of a shameful chapter in Canadian history. Many readers will be shocked to ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Stratford Gold

By Richard Ouzounian

The Stratford Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, so books about its history are virtually guaranteed a good sale, even if they serve simply to decorate coffee tables as a sign of cultural ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Doors Open Toronto: Illuminating the City’s Great Spaces

By John Sewell

In the mid-1990s, former Toronto mayor and left-wing political columnist John Sewell conducted an indefatigable (but ultimately unsuccessful) campaign against the amalgamation of the city’s municipal governments. He peppered his criticism of the province’s proposal ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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