Children and YA Fiction

The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad

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

★ Bee & Flea and the Compost Caper

By Anna Humphrey and Mike Deas (ill.)

Anna Humphrey’s Bee & Flea and the Compost Caper is a charming chapter book for eco-curious kids. This is the first book in a new series, and the story is simple and easy to follow. ... Read More »

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

Rachel Bird

By Becky Citra

Ever since their mother died a few months ago, Rachel and her little sister Jane have been taken care of (reluctantly) by their aunt and uncle. Now they are being sent even further away to ... Read More »

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

Any Girl

By Caroline van Rooyen

Fifteen-year-old July is hypervisible yet invisible. A teenager in an elite South African private school, she hides her single mother’s terminal illness but is unable to hide her family’s poverty. July, like many women and ... Read More »

May 30, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Princess Charming

By Zibby Owens and Holly Hatam (ill.)

When you’re a princess, it can be hard to live up to everyone’s high expectations. This is doubly true when your brother happens to be Prince Charming. Such is the premise at the heart of ... Read More »

May 18, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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