Children and YA Fiction

Ahiahia the Orphan

After Ahiahia’s parents are murdered in their igloo, he is raised by his loving grandmother, who teaches him the traditional ways of his people and makes his clothing out of animal skins. To keep him ... Read More »

September 26, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Call Me Bill

By Lynette Richards

Expertly illustrated in black and white, Lynette Richards’s debut graphic novel tells a fictionalized version of the life of Maggie/Bill Armstrong, an adventurer who defied gender expectations in a quest to do what they loved. ... Read More »

September 14, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Apartment 713

By Kevin Sylvester

Be it marble run or Mousetrap, what kid doesn’t love the Rube Goldberg–esque twists and turns of a moving puzzle? In veteran kidlit writer Kevin Sylvester’s newest offering, Apartment 713, the Regency, the apartment building ... Read More »

September 7, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Meet Me in Mumbai

By Sabina Khan

Many South Asian Canadians grew up enthralled with the emotional stakes, the larger-than-life stories, and the space- and time-transcending connections of Bollywood films. Sabina Khan’s latest novel, which spotlights fiercely independent South Asian Muslim girls ... Read More »

September 6, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad

By Natasha Deen

Altuna “Tuna” Kashmir Rashad is a budding screenwriter and children’s swimming instructor living in Ontario, California, who’s on a quest to turn her life into a screenplay – complete with meet-cutes, fun and games, and ... Read More »

August 8, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

What the Dog Knows

By Sylvia McNicoll

What the Dog Knows is a middle-grade novel about a girl and her dog. The twist is that they are dead. That is, they were dead. Within the first few pages, Naomi, an ordinary 13-year-old, ... Read More »

July 26, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Version Control

By David A. Robertson; Scott B. Henderson and Donovan Yaciuk (ill.)

Late in 2020, prolific Winnipeg-based writer David A. Robertson revisited the world of his stunning young adult Reckoner trilogy – with a twist. The Reckoner Rises series, published as graphic novels, picks up with the ... Read More »

July 12, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Swim Team

By Johnnie Christmas

Bree is a clever middle-schooler who loves math and puzzles. After moving with her dad to Florida, she enrolls in a new school where much is made of the swim team and its rivalry with ... Read More »

July 5, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

By Jesmeen Kaur Deo

TJ Powar is an incredibly brave young woman, and just as stubborn. Not many high schoolers, especially popular girls like TJ, would dare to challenge social norms by embracing their hairiness simply to make a ... Read More »

June 22, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Let the Monster Out

By Chad Lucas

Feeling like a fish out of water is a daunting yet all-too-familiar experience, whether you’re the new Black kid that just moved into a predominantly white town or the child who’s grown up suspecting ... Read More »

June 13, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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