The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation: When We Play Our Drums, They Sing!

The two stories that comprise this flipbook from B.C. publisher McKellar & Martin take a measured approach to teaching readers about the history of residential schools and the ongoing legacy of pain they caused, but ... Read More »

April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation: Lucy & Lola

By Monique Gray Smith

April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Here So Far Away

By Hadley Dyer

Novels in which a “mature” teen girl falls for a much older guy are nothing new. The standard way of resolving the ill-fated love is that the guy ends up leaving town or dying, thereby ... Read More »

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

Fire Song

By Adam Garnet Jones

In this YA adaptation of his 2015 feature film, Fire Song, Adam Garnet Jones offers up an array of real issues facing people living on reserves in Canada as seen through the eyes of teen ... Read More »

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

Big Water

By Andrea Curtis

On Sept. 14, 1882, the steamship SS Asia sank in a storm on Georgian Bay. One hundred and forty passengers and crew died; the only survivors were two teenagers from Ontario, who spent three days ... Read More »

April 19, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Ebb & Flow

By Heather Smith

In Heather Smith’s new middle-grade novel-in-verse, the wordplay grabs you first: “Jett, do you know what killed the cat?” “That’s a curious question Grandma – a dog?” So goes the back and forth between the ... Read More »

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

The Sound of Freedom

By Kathy Kacer

The Sound of Freedom is the story of Anna Hirsch, a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Krakow, Poland. The book begins in 1936. Anna, her friends, and family are worried about the rise of Hitler and ... Read More »

April 2, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Krista Kim-Bap

By Angela Ahn

Navigating the ups and downs of friendship is never easy – particularly when on the cusp of adolescence. Two debut novels give voice to the experiences of girls growing apart from their BFFs. And both ... Read More »

March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Running Through Sprinklers

By Michelle Kim

March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A World Below

By Wesley King

The students in Edgewood Middle School’s Grade 8 advanced placement class aren’t feeling all that psyched about their graduation field trip. The kids, from small-town New Mexico, expected a weekend in Albuquerque – but their ... Read More »

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

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