My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders

With increasing news of youth-related gun violence, heists, hit and runs, gang activity, sexual assaults, and stabbings – in the past year alone – the personal accounts in My Story Starts Here may be the ... Read More »

December 19, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Lost Sister

By Andrea Gunraj

Andrea Gunraj’s much-awaited sophomore novel is a haunting, consistently entrancing read. It tells the tale of two pairs of sisters: Alisha and Diana, growing up in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, and Paula ... Read More »

December 19, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Difference

By Marina Endicott

What constitutes a home? In her latest novel, Marina Endicott explores this fundamental question. For 12-year-old Kay, the closest thing to a home is the Morning Light, a sailing ship. But it’s 1912, and the ... Read More »

December 16, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

By Jacqueline Firkins

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen’s catalogue of work – and specifically Pride and Prejudice – is well suited for modernized adaptations. When considering Mansfield Park, however, examples are few and far ... Read More »

December 16, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Frogcatchers

By Jeff Lemire

Two new, disquieting graphic novels from a pair of Canadians who have found success on the international stage explore fears, solitude, and shortened days. Sarah Leavitt’s latest imagines and expands the possibilities suggested by a ... Read More »

December 12, 2019 | Filed under: Graphica

Agnes, Murderess

By Sarah Leavitt

December 12, 2019 | Filed under: Graphica

Come Back to Earth, Esther!

By Josée Bisaillon

The title character in Come Back to Earth, Esther! is often admonished for having her head in the clouds. Though she is an “ordinary girl” who loves jumping rope and chocolate spread, her heart belongs ... Read More »

December 9, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Gorgeous War: The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States

By Tim Blackmore

In his new book, author Tim Blackmore compares the way Germany and the U.S. branded themselves during the Second World War. One country was an evil dictatorship; the other a celebrated democracy. Given this reality, ... Read More »

December 5, 2019 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Fatherless: A Memoir

By Keith Maillard

Keith Maillard never knew his father. He was just a baby when his parents split up, and he grew up with the same two stories from his mother: “‘He was a good dancer,’ was the ... Read More »

December 5, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Voice of Rebellion: How Mozhdah Jamalzadah Brought Hope to Afghanistan

By Roberta Staley

Singer and media personality Mozhdah Jamalzadah brought a vibrant personality and fresh cultural lens to citizens in Afghanistan by way of The Mozhdah Show, an Oprah-style television program that aired in the country during the ... Read More »

December 2, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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