★ Worlds of Ink and Shadow

Like many a moody girl, I fell in love with the Brontës when I was only 11 years old. Drawn in first by Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, it was Emily’s darker, more twisted tale of tragic ... Read More »

December 17, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Golden Touch

By Glen Huser; Philippe Béha (illus.)

Combining beautiful art, a wry retelling of a classic tale, playful and informative song lyrics, and an accompanying CD of music performed in part by 200 Quebec schoolchildren, The Golden Touch is the newest release ... Read More »

December 17, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Delicate

By C.K. Kelly Martin

C.K. Kelly Martin’s YA writing is the kind you want to give the teens in your life. It’s written for them, not adult crossover readers, and it meets teens where they live. Her latest novel, ... Read More »

December 17, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Li Jun and the Iron Road

By Anne Tait; Paulette Bourgeois

Writer, broadcaster, and movie producer Anne Tait’s novel adaptation of her Gemini Award–winning TV mini-series Iron Road tells the story of teenager Li Jun, who travels from southern China to the mountains of B.C. in ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo

By Natalie Hyde

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo is the true story of Gentil Misigaro, a young Congolese man who fled the constant violence and warfare of his country to settle as a refugee in Winnipeg. ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City

By Lisa Charleyboy (ed.); Mary Beth Leatherdale (ed.)

“So, just how connected are you to your Indigenous roots if you live downtown?” This is the key question posed by editors Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale in Urban Tribes. Charleyboy and Leatherdale are ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Ben Says Goodbye

By Sarah Ellis; Kim La Fave (illus.)

Veteran children’s author (and Q&Q contributing editor) Sarah Ellis adds another title to her Ben series of picture books (produced in collaboration with illustrator Kim La Fave). This touching, realistically told story of a little ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius

By Stacey Matson

Vancouver author Stacey Matson’s second instalment in the Genius trilogy (following A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius) once again finds Arthur Bean, our excitable and ambitious hero, struggling with unpopularity, ... Read More »

December 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Set You Free

By Jeff Ross

The seventh YA novel from Ottawa writer Jeff Ross demonstrates that plots cannot live on twists alone. Set You Free attempts to amp up a fairly thin story with a big third-act switcheroo that makes ... Read More »

November 17, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Emperor of Any Place

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Themes of loss, historical trauma, and the subjectivity of memory are not exactly rare in Canadian fiction, even in books aimed at younger readers. However, the ambitious new novel by celebrated kidlit veteran Tim Wynne-Jones ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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