BOOK REVIEWS

Oil People

At heart, Oil People is a story about adolescence – its volatility and uncertainties, the questions and intense learning curve. David Huebert’s debut novel stars Jade Armbruster, who is soon to be 14 and resides in a ... Read More »

August 14, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan

By Tim Martin

Three years after the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan, Canada’s lengthiest military engagement seems a distant memory, one almost unrecalled by most citizens, even those who can still name Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele as part of this ... Read More »

August 14, 2024 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Sea Snooze

By Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen (ill.)

Convincing children to get ready for bed can be an adventure on its own, but the mother in Sea Snooze – also our narrator – is halfway there when the book begins. This richly illustrated ... Read More »

August 14, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

By Sonia Sulaiman (ed.)

In the introduction to Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction, a collection of 14 stories by Palestinian writers from Canada and around the world, editor Sonia Sulaiman writes, “Whether you are a Palestinian ... Read More »

August 7, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Killing Shakespeare

By Koom Kankesan

Killing Shakespeare, the new young adult novel from Toronto writer and teacher Koom Kankesan, begins with a compelling premise: if presented with the opportunity to go back in time, what would three contemporary Scarborough teenagers ... Read More »

August 7, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards

By Jessica Waite

We often turn to guides when things get out of hand or messy and we need something to lead us back to order. A guidebook can offer solutions for regaining control – a guide to ... Read More »

July 31, 2024 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Queer History A to Z: 100 Years of LGBTQ+ Activism

By Robin Stevenson and Vivian Rosas (ill.)

Using an alphabetical list format works well in Robin Stevenson’s latest, informational text, Queer History A to Z. Stevenson, a Stonewall Book Award–winning author, is a prolific chronicler of LGBTQ+-themed fiction and nonfiction for children. ... Read More »

July 31, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Stasio

By Tamas Dobozy

Stasio, the brilliant and powerful new novel from prize-winning writer Tamas Dobozy (Siege 13, Ghost Geographies), opens with bloodshed. “The children were killed first,” the novel begins, with a brutal understatement that characterizes the book. ... Read More »

July 24, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Pillow Talk

By Stephanie Cooke and Mel Valentine Vargas (ill.)

Pillow Talk offers a heartwarming and unique riff on Whip It–style girl power with the story of a fictional sports league, the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF). At its heart is Grace Mendes, a college student ... Read More »

July 24, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ SOS Water

By Yayo

In this fable-like picture book, Lalo, a sailor, meets a goldfish that is abandoned atop a pile of bulging, black plastic garbage bags on a sidewalk by the port. Striking up a conversation, Rosa confides ... Read More »

July 17, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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