Fifteen Point Nine

In Fifteen Point Nine, the bullying that 15-year-old Agatha Murphy and others endure at the hands of “Those Girls” and “Idiot Boys” is physical, degrading, and unconscionable. The aggressors see Susan as overweight, Carson as ... Read More »

July 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Honeybee

By Isabelle Arsenault (ill.); Kirsten Hall

Environmentalism has long held a place in literature for children. It has been over 40 years since Dr. Seuss’s Lorax first spoke for the trees. New York–based writer Kirsten Hall (The Gold Leaf) carries on ... Read More »

July 19, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Ruinous Sweep

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Was there a fight? A murder? An accident? As Donovan lies in a hospital bed, his girlfriend, Beatrice, tries to piece together what has happened to him. The Ruinous Sweep is a story with parallel ... Read More »

July 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Bonjour Girl

By Isabelle Laflèche

Isabelle Laflèche’s YA novel Bonjour Girl tells the story of Clementine Liu, newly arrived from Paris to New York City to begin her sophomore year at the elite Parsons School of Design. The novel embraces ... Read More »

July 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Land of Yesterday

By K.A. Reynolds

The death of a loved one is one of the most significant and perilous subjects for fiction – especially if the writer is trying to deal realistically with elements of grief, mourning, and psychological frailty ... Read More »

July 12, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Game of Hope

By Sandra Gulland

In Sandra Gulland’s new YA novel, the titular game involves a fortune-telling card deck similar to tarot or lotería. It’s a perfect narrative frame for the novel’s protagonist, Hortense de Beauharnais, whose new stepfather just ... Read More »

July 9, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Poppy & Sam and the Leaf Thief

By Cathon

If television has taught us anything, it’s that the most effective and entertaining crime-fighting partnerships consist of individuals who, despite divergent personalities and levels of competence, manage somehow to put their differences aside in order ... Read More »

July 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Call of the Rift: Flight

By Jae Waller

Whether she’s battling magical spirits or dealing with unrequited love, 17-year-old Kateiko is plagued by drama in this high-fantasy meets coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of a tension-filled colonial world. Haunted by visions of ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Along the Indigo

By Elsie Chapman

For Marsden, the main character in Elsie Chapman’s Along the Indigo, “the covert” is her birthright, her burden, and the only source of hope in a life battered by circumstance. The covert is an overgrown ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Wallpaper

By Thao Lam

Thao Lam’s nearly wordless book, a follow-up to her well-received debut, Skunk on a String, is about courage, imagination, and unexpected paths to friendship. It centres on a nameless young girl with brown skin and ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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