Children and YA Fiction

Crushing It

In a middle-grade twist on the classic tale of Cyrano de Bergerac’s clandestine wooing of the fair Roxane on behalf of the tongue-tied Christian, Joanne Levy, author of the very funny Small Medium at Large, ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

By Danielle Younge-Ullman

When 17-year-old Ingrid Burke arrives at Peak Wilderness camp, it is not what she is expecting. For starters, there is no physical camp, with log cabins, a firepit for sing-alongs, and a cozy mess hall ... Read More »

January 30, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

He Who Dreams

By Melanie Florence

He Who Dreams is Toronto writer Melanie Florence’s first book for Orca Limelights, a series of performing arts-focused stories for young readers. Florence is also the author of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award–winning picture ... Read More »

January 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Good Girls

By Sarah Sahagian; Shalta Dicaire Fardin

From Inanna publications, a self-described feminist publisher, comes Good Girls, the first in a planned series of “daring and feminist-first” young-adult novels following the lives of two 15-year-old girls attending an “elite” all-girl Boston prep ... Read More »

January 23, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Darkhouse

By Barbara Radecki

Gemma, the heroine of the debut novel from Barbara Radecki, is 16 years old, and lives with her father, Jonah, on a small island off the coast of New Brunswick. Gemma’s mother decamped when the ... Read More »

January 18, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Keeper of the Light

By Janet Barkhouse; Thérèse Cilia (ill.)

Since her father’s death at sea, Sara has been forced to leave school and work for Mr. Mosher, the lighthouse keeper, to help her mother make ends meet. It’s hard work: getting up early, lighting ... Read More »

January 17, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Optimists Die First

By Susin Nielsen

To 16-year-old Petula de Wilde, optimists are misguided. They are people who believe things will always go their way and don’t see danger until it’s too late. When her toddler sister dies in a random ... Read More »

January 9, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Great Antonio

By Elise Gravel

In 1946, 21-year-old Yugoslavian Antonio Barichievich arrived at the port of Halifax as a refugee. He soon adopted Montreal as his hometown and remained there until his death in 2003, becoming a beloved local legend ... Read More »

January 9, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Month of Mondays

By Joëlle Anthony

Suze Tamaki is a Grade 7 slacker whose wry observations about school and the world around her make her both loveable and relatable. Any tween reader will be able to identify with Suze’s fears that ... Read More »

January 3, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music

By Darlene Foster

The fifth novel in the Amanda Travels series from Vancouver author Darlene Foster follows 12-year-old Amanda Ross, her best friend, Leah, and their parents as they cruise on a riverboat along the Danube through Germany, ... Read More »

December 5, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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