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Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan

In 2008, Vancouver photographer Rafal Gerszak travelled to Afghanistan to be embedded with an American military unit. He ended up living with the soldiers for a year, snapping pictures during house searches, disputes with village ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing, and Promoting Your Moves

By Ann-Marie Williams; Jeff Kulak, illus.

From reality shows like So You Think You Can Dance to the choreographed musical numbers on Glee to YouTube flash mobs, dance-based entertainment is more popular than ever. With Learn to Speak Dance, Toronto dance ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Dumb Luck

By Lesley Choyce

In Dumb Luck, a lonely misfit who is “sleepwalking through” Grade 11 does what almost everyone else just dreams of: he wins the lottery. Such an event has the potential to turn anyone’s life around, ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Born Ugly

By Beth Goobie

Two new YA novels by veteran authors share an unusual theme: both feature 16-year-old female protagonists who become unwitting (and, in one case, unwilling) accessories to serious crimes. In Valerie Sherrard’s electrifying Testify, Shana Tremain ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Testify

By Valerie Sherrard

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Summer of Permanent Wants

By Jamieson Findlay

In the acknowledgements to this wild ride of a novel, Ottawa writer and journalist Jamieson Findlay refers to his story as a “mishmash.” It is an apt description of a book that contains aspects of ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Case of the Missing Deed

By Ellen Schwartz

Remember the Famous Five? Like Enid Blyton’s series of page-turners from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, Ellen Schwartz’s newest book revolves around five children – siblings Genevieve, Sébastien, and Claire, and their cousins Alex and ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Vampire Stalker

By Allison Van Diepen

With bookstore and library shelves already crammed with Twilight imitators and cash-ins, the appearance of yet another vampire-centric YA novel is less cause for celebration than deserving of a heavy sigh. One shouldn’t make the ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Cookiebot! A Harry and Horsie Adventure

By Katie Van Camp; Lincoln Agnew, illus.

In the first Harry and Horsie adventure, the imaginative boy and his toy friend were seen rocketing into space. In Cookiebot!, they take on snack time. Harry has been happily playing with Lego until his ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ella May and the Wishing Stone

By Cary Fagan; Geneviève Côté, illus.

After a morning at the beach, young Ella May returns home with a new treasure: a special stone with a ring that goes “all-all-all the way around it.” She decides it’s a wishing stone, and ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan

Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing, and Promoting Your Moves

Dumb Luck

Born Ugly

Testify

The Summer of Permanent Wants

The Case of the Missing Deed

The Vampire Stalker

Cookiebot! A Harry and Horsie Adventure

Ella May and the Wishing Stone

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