Tree Musketeers

Tree Musketeers, a middle-grade novel by accomplished West Coast writer Norma Charles (Runner: Harry Jerome, World’s Fastest Man), is a universal fish-out-of-water story. Jeanie is new at school, having just moved to Van City from ... Read More »

September 7, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Learning to Breathe

By Janice Lynn Mather

In her debut young-adult novel, Janice Lynn Mather introduces readers to Indira May Ferguson – Indy for short – who’s leaving the Bahamian village of Mariner’s Cay to live with her uncle, aunt, and cousin ... Read More »

September 6, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Almost Invisible

By Maureen Garvie

There are plenty of children’s books that explore the fantasy of living in a public space – for example, Corduroy, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, or The Invention of Hugo Cabret. ... Read More »

September 6, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Very Rich

By Polly Horvath

Rupert Brown, the protagonist of Very Rich, is a Tiny Tim–like character who has a Scrooge-like experience. In this inversion of A Christmas Carol, the poor child is the one who receives three surprise visitors. ... Read More »

August 23, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Kens

By Raziel Reid

High school has never been so high – or so fake, gay, and deadly – as it is for the teens of Willows, Wisconsin, in Raziel Reid’s latest YA novel, Kens. This follow-up to his ... Read More »

August 17, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Confessions of a Teenage Leper

By Ashley Little

Issues around self-image and self-identity have always been a key element in adolescent development, on both individual and social levels. Two new YA books examine these questions through the experiences of high-school seniors. These aren’t ... Read More »

August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Story of My Face

By Leanne Baugh

August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The House of One Thousand Eyes

By Michelle Barker

Michelle Barker’s new novel is set in 1980s German Democratic Republic. After losing both her parents in an industrial accident, Lena Altmann is committed to a mental institution to “get well.” Upon her release, she’s ... Read More »

August 9, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Fifteen Point Nine

By Holly Dobbie

In Fifteen Point Nine, the bullying that 15-year-old Agatha Murphy and others endure at the hands of “Those Girls” and “Idiot Boys” is physical, degrading, and unconscionable. The aggressors see Susan as overweight, Carson as ... Read More »

July 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Ruinous Sweep

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Was there a fight? A murder? An accident? As Donovan lies in a hospital bed, his girlfriend, Beatrice, tries to piece together what has happened to him. The Ruinous Sweep is a story with parallel ... Read More »

July 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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