BOOK REVIEWS

Where Was Goodbye?

“Trying to be normal can be penance too,” says Pru in Where Was Goodbye? by Janice Lynn Mather, a young adult novel set in Nassau, Bahamas. Karmen Wallace is a 17-year-old entering her final year ... Read More »

May 29, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The War You Don’t Hate

By Blaise Ndala; Dimitri Nasrallah (trans.)

When two former rebel soldiers return to the Great Lakes region of Africa after the Second Congo War, their mission for truth takes on new meaning when they cross paths with a Canadian filmmaker who ... Read More »

May 22, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Wild Trails to the Sea

By Penelope Jackson and Elena Skoreyko Wagner (ill.)

Halifax-based author Penelope Jackson has created a delightful book for children with Wild Trails to the Sea. It is an ode to Nova Scotia’s natural landscapes, including the LaHave River, Crystal Crescent, Kejimkujik Seaside, Hirtle’s ... Read More »

May 22, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Jellyfish

By Boum; Robin Lang and Helge Dascher (trans.)

“Graphic medicine” – graphic novels that give a window into various medical conditions, usually from the patient’s point of view – has become a significant publishing trend in recent years, producing notable works such as ... Read More »

May 15, 2024 | Filed under: Graphica, Health & Self-help, Reviews

★ The Lightning Circle

By Vikki VanSickle and Laura K. Watson (ill.)

The Lightning Circle is a novel-in-verse written by acclaimed children’s author Vikki VanSickle. The transformative story of Nora Nichols’s 17th year follows her three-month stay at summer camp in the wake of her first heartbreak. In ... Read More »

May 15, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Hollow Beast

By Christophe Bernard; Lazer Lederhendler (trans.)

Christophe Bernard’s epic debut novel opens with what under any other circumstances would sound like a tall tale. In the last moments of the annual Gaspé diocese junior hockey tournament’s final game, the underdogs, a ... Read More »

May 8, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ The Sun Never Hurries

By Roxane Turcotte and Lucie Crovatto (ill.)

When we have 1,001 tasks to do every day, it’s easy to fall into the trap of racing through it all. Sometimes we don’t even notice how fast we’ve been moving until bedtime, when there’s ... Read More »

May 8, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Behind You

By Catherine Hernandez

If you lived in or near Toronto in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you probably have some recollection of the Scarborough Rapist’s reign of terror. If you are a woman, its impact is likely ... Read More »

May 7, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Village Weavers

By Myriam J.A. Chancy

Myriam J.A. Chancy’s Village Weavers captures the origins, intersections, and ruptures of a lifelong friendship between Simone (Sisi) Val and Gertude (Gertie) Alcindor. The novel’s scope is ambitious, as it leaps between 1940s Port-au-Prince, 1970s ... Read More »

May 1, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ A Planet Is a Poem

By Amanda West Lewis and Oliver Averill (ill.)

A Planet Is a Poem intertwines the worlds of poetry and science in 14 poems. Written by Amanda West Lewis and illustrated by Oliver Averill, each poem pairs a planetary body with a poetic form: ... Read More »

May 1, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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