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Kids’ Books

★ Sea Change

By Frank Viva

Rather than letting Eliot spend the summer hanging out with his friends, going to backyard sleepovers and the drive-in, and buying “monster cards and the latest issue of Spider-man,” Eliot’s parents are sending him to ... Read More »

May 3, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

OCDaniel

By Wesley King

A sensitive, occasionally painful story about troubled teens, and a cross-dimensional adventure featuring aerial battles between fire-breathing dragons and drones armed with machine guns – at first, there seems to be very little in common ... Read More »

May 3, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Everyday Hero

By Kathleen Cherry

Everyday Hero and Don’t Tell, Don’t Tell, Don’t Tell both feature main characters who are identified as having Asperger’s, and explore the complex behavioural and communication aspects that can accompany the syndrome. Kathleen Cherry’s middle-grade ... Read More »

May 2, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Shooter

By Caroline Pignat

Fresh off her second Governor General’s Literary Award win, Caroline Pignat delivers a YA novel that echoes the beloved 1985 movie The Breakfast Club, but set against the very modern, much more serious backdrop of ... Read More »

April 28, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Book of Birds

By Geraldo Valério

The illustrations are the star of this oversized hardcover that operates as a scrapbook for beginning bird lovers. Author and illustrator Geraldo Valério uses collage to construct the vibrant and beautiful images of North American ... Read More »

April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Slacker

By Gordon Korman

Cameron Boxer has built a lifestyle around playing video games. He’s got a sweet setup in the basement, flies completely under the radar at school, and his biggest problem is deciding which of his friends, ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction