Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung

Given the success of historical graphic novels like Chester Brown’s Louis Riel and Scott Chantler's Northwest Passage, it’s not surprising that a pair of young adult titles are taking a few pages out of Canadian ... Read More »

December 21, 2011

Lone Hawk: The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop

By John Lang

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

The Boy from Left Field

By Tom Henighan

A MacGuffin is a device or object used to set a plot in motion, but which has no importance in and of itself, or which declines in importance as the story wears on. (Think of ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Falling for Henry

By Beverley Brenna

Kate Allen has lived through a lot of trauma in her 15 years. Her mother left when she was a child, her father died before her eyes, and she was sent from the family-run B&B ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

A Tinfoil Sky

By Cyndi Sand-Eveland

B.C. author Cyndi Sand-Eveland channels her experiences working with homeless youth into her second novel, a gritty and moving follow-up to her 2008 debut, Dear Toni. Mel Tulley and her mother, Cecily, are searching for ... Read More »

December 21, 2011

Love You, Hate You

By Charis Marsh

Former dancer Charis Marsh immerses young readers in the world of pliés and jetés in her debut novel. The first book in the Ballet School Confidential series centres on the lives of four aspiring dancers ... Read More »

December 21, 2011

Facing the Mountain

By Wendy Orr

Raven is one unhappy 11-year-old. She’s being forced to move west to live in the shadow of the Rockies with her mother, new stepdad Scott, and older sister Lily, and all she can think about ... Read More »

December 21, 2011

Time Snatchers

By Richard Ungar

In Richard Ungar’s first middle-grade novel (following a successful series of picture books), 13-year-old Caleb is part of a team of highly trained time-travelling thieves “adopted” as young children by a man they call Uncle. ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Grave Robber’s Apprentice

By Allan Stratton

With his latest novel, Toronto author and playwright Allan Stratton swerves sharply away from the finely observed realism of his previous YA novels (including 2005’s acclaimed Chanda’s Secrets) to arch, winning fantasy. The Grave Robber’s ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

JoJo the Giant

By Jane Barclay; Esperança Melo, illus.

Quebec author Jane Barclay’s charming new picture book is a kindly story about frustration, determination, and a loving bond between mother and son. JoJo is “a very small boy” scorned by local bullies as a ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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