Children and YA Fiction

Isle of Teeth

Matiu, the main (human) protagonist of Vancouver-based Filipina Canadian writer Tessa Barbosa’s second YA fantasy, Isle of Teeth, is caught between two worlds. His father, Jaothan Frankel, was a scientist and a former Archduke of ... Read More »

October 21, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Third Period Comeback

By E.K. Johnston

Hayley Rilko’s great-grandfather, “Greatest” William, was the kind of hockey player songs were written about: he led the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cup wins in five years. But the Leafs have not won ... Read More »

October 14, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Like Glass

By Jen Ferguson

Tatum Nova Lambert, also known as “Tate,” is spending her vacation in the town of Chamonix in the French Alps, which is where her sister, Brownyn, died a year earlier. Her father, a Michelin-starred chef, ... Read More »

October 7, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Too Hot to Tango

By E. E. Salo and Megan Kearney (ill.)

Sparks fly at summer camp when a soccer player volunteers to help a dancer nail an important end-of-summer audition in the sweet and spicy young adult romance graphic novel Too Hot to Tango. Stanford-bound Honey ... Read More »

September 30, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ A Thousand Nights

By Nafiza Azad and Intisar Khanani (eds.)

A Thousand Nights is an anthology of YA stories written by 16 Muslim women who reclaim narratives inspired by The Thousand and One Nights. Within its pages, one refugee meets another and another, and with ... Read More »

September 23, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Continuation of Summer Dillon

By Sarah Everett

What is a human being? The Enlightenment Age, also known as the Age of Reason, foregrounded humanity’s natural autonomy, in stark contrast to earlier periods where human beings were seen as entirely beholden to religious ... Read More »

September 2, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Tuutarjuk: The Spirit of String Figures

By Louise Flaherty and Neil Christopher; Kagan McLeod (ill.)

Nyla and Sima’s family, like many Inuit families, is spending the winter in outpost camps. For Nyla and Sima, the days indoors are long, and they pass the time by playing string games. The two ... Read More »

August 5, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Whenever You Are

By Martine Leavitt

Whenever You Are, the new novel from prize-winning Alberta writer Martine Leavitt, is rooted in a compelling premise: 17-year-old Clemence, an aspiring poet, is nearing the end of his incarceration at “Training School,” a youth ... Read More »

July 29, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Fast Break

By Anjali Joshi

Fast Break by Anjali Joshi follows Arjun, the new kid at school, who finds himself on a path of activism when he speaks out against OmniBoost, a high-sugar energy drink that sponsors the school and ... Read More »

June 3, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Our Little Secret

By Edward Kay and Mikhael Klassen-Kay

With honest depictions of bullying, sexual assault, grooming, power and politics, violence, and murder, Our Little Secret, the co-written debut from writers Edward Kay and Mikhael Klassen-Kay is a frank, few-holds-barred thriller that presses against ... Read More »

May 6, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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