Death of Derek Boogaard

The sudden death in 2011 of National Hockey League enforcer Derek Boogaard shocked the hockey world in ways that continue to resonate today. Just 28 at the time of his death, Boogaard was the NHL’s ... Read More »

October 16, 2014 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Kiss Kill Vanish

By Jessica Martinez

After 17-year-old Valentina Cruz witnesses her boyfriend Emilio shooting a man on the orders of her wealthy and respected art-dealer father, she abandons her privileged life in Miami and runs away to Montreal, where she ... Read More »

October 14, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Throwaway Girl

By Kristine Scarrow

In her debut YA novel, Kristine Scarrow draws on a degree in psychology, social work experience, and obvious talent to tell the story of Andy Burton, a girl who spends most of her life without ... Read More »

October 14, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Earth & Sky

By Megan Crewe

One fact holds true across all stories that feature time travel as a narrative hook: time travelling defies logic. No amount of exposition can explain away the plot issues that are created the instant wormholes ... Read More »

October 13, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ In Real Life

By Cory Doctorow; Jen Wang (illus.)

Near the beginning of author and copyright-reform activist Cory Doctorow’s new graphic novel, Anda and her friends are listening to a speaker at their Arizona high school. Liza, a “kick arse” Australian gamer in a ... Read More »

October 13, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Graphica, Kids’ Books

Who by Fire

By Fred Stenson

Alberta author Fred Stenson’s unsettling, cautionary new novel takes its title from “Unetaneh Tokef,” a Jewish liturgical poem associated with the Day of Atonement. Referenced in a Leonard Cohen song that shares a title with ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice

By Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis; eds.

The essay collection A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice is variously a manual, a call to action, and a series of first-hand accounts of a movement. While the struggle over mining ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Stars between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom

By Lucia Jang; Susan McClelland

Few memoirs are as harrowing as Lucia Jang’s, about her life inside – and eventual escape from – North Korea. Written in collaboration with investigative journalist Susan McClelland (author of the bestseller Bite of the ... Read More »

October 6, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada

By Elizabeth May

With the Canadian federal election coming next year, it’s no surprise that politicians and pundits are flooding bookstores with new tomes. Into the fray steps Green Party leader Elizabeth May with a volume billed as ... Read More »

October 2, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs

★ From Vimy to Victory: Canada’s Fight to the Finish in World War I

By Hugh Brewster

Veteran author Hugh Brewster has perfected the art of engaging young readers with history. In his latest in a series covering Canada’s wartime experiences, Brewster vividly describes our country’s significant contribution to the last hundred ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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