Children and YA Fiction

Young Man with Camera

The narrator of Young Man with Camera is T—, a 13-year-old street photographer who chooses to leave his full name out of the narrative because “I know someone will come along and twist a normal ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Madly (Potion series, book 1)

By Amy Alward

Ah, love. It changes us. Not only did it prompt U.K.-born, Canadian-raised author Amy Alward to take her new husband’s name, it also seems to have influenced her writing. As Amy McCulloch, Alward published two ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Adventures of Miss Petitfour

By Anne Michaels; Emma Block (illus.)

Petit fours are tiny cakes iced in pastel colours. They’re beautiful, festive, decorative, and hard to make. The Adventures of Miss Petitfour is a collection of five stories decorated with delicious language and fanciful illustrations ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

An Inheritance of Ashes

By Leah Bobet

In Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet is fantastic in the true sense of the word. Bobet’s unrestrained imagination deftly fashions an odd but remarkable story in a world that is beautiful and barely comprehensible. ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Blackthorn Key

By Kevin Sands

Toronto author Kevin Sands holds two degrees in theoretical physics, so naturally his first novel is about … 17th-century alchemy. Not just alchemy, but also dark conspiracies, political intrigue, mysterious codes, murder, and early treatments ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Blue Vase

By Katarina Jovanovic; Josée Bisaillon (illus.)

Countless books have tackled the subject of bullying, in all its forms. Whether verbal, physical, emotional, or social, when one child is forced to endure abuse by another (or many others), the effects can be ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Exposed (The Retribution Trilogy)

By Judith Graves

Young Raven had to learn survival skills quickly when her meth-addled parents abandoned her as a child. In Exposed, we meet Raven a few weeks before her 16th birthday, when she’s working as a skilled ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

250 Hours

By Colleen Nelson

Colleen Nelson’s 250 Hours is the story of two people whose lives intersect at a crucial juncture. Sara Jean has just finished high school and spends her days caring for her bedridden grandmother. Jess is ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Loyalist to a Fault (The Dead Kid Detective Agency #3)

By Evan Munday

Witty cartoonist extraordinaire Evan Munday returns with a third darkly hilarious instalment in his Dead Kids Detective Agency series. This time, (living) heroine October Schwartz enlists her (non-living) pals in solving how fellow dead kid ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Scorpion Rules

By Erin Bow

In the future as described by Erin Bow in her stunning and harrowing new novel, the political becomes very personal. Following the melting of the polar ice caps, large portions of the world have flooded, ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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