★ The Discovery of Flight

The Discovery of Flight is about two sisters who write. Twelve-year-old Sophie is keeping a journal for her Hebrew class in preparation for her bat mitzvah, and 16-year-old Libby is penning a secret fantasy story ... Read More »

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

Siuluk: The Last Tuniq

By Nadia Sammurtok; Rob Nix (ill.)

Nadia Sammurtok’s Siuluk: The Last Tuniq is based on traditional stories from the Chesterfield Inlet area of the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. Siuluk is a man of great strength, rumoured to be the last of ... Read More »

June 25, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pulse Point

By Colleen Nelson; Nancy Chappell-Pollack

Post-catastrophe dystopia-disguised-as-utopia narratives are a mainstay of literature for teens and have been for years. From The Giver to The Hunger Games, these stories feature citizens with their rights and freedoms subjugated for the “greater ... Read More »

June 25, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Oculum

By Philippa Dowding

June 25, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Sadie

By Courtney Summers

On the first page of Sadie, the reader is told exactly what to expect: “It’s a story about family, about sisters, and the untold lives lived in small-town America. It’s about the lengths we go ... Read More »

June 21, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

5-Minute Stories for Fearless Girls

By Nick Craine (ill.); Sarah Howden

If the title of this book feels familiar, there is a good reason for that: the last few years have witnessed an explosion in non-fiction promoting strength, bravery, and resilience in girls. Examples include 2007’s ... Read More »

June 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Missing Mike

By Shari Green

In Missing Mike, Vancouver Island–based writer Shari Green, known for her award-winning middle-grade verse novels Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles and Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, mines the dynamics of loss, change, and ... Read More »

June 18, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Nothing Happens in This Book

By Judy Ann Sadler; Vigg (ill.)

“This book looks boring, doesn’t it?” This question arrives at the beginning of Nothing Happens in This Book, amid an expanse of darkness. Yet neither this recurring note of skepticism, nor the proleptic title, are ... Read More »

June 18, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

How to Spot a Sasquatch

By Aurélie Grand (ill.); J. Torres

How to Spot a Sasquatch follows fictional middle-grade hero Jay the Junior Ranger. While on a camping trip with his fellow scouts, Jay is determined to spot a sasquatch. When he lets one of the ... Read More »

June 14, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Everyone Can Be a Changemaker: The Ashoka Effect

By Christine Welldon

In Everyone Can Be a Changemaker, veteran author Christine Welldon has written 16 profiles of people from around the world (a number are Canadian) who took a spark of an idea intended to help others ... Read More »

June 13, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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