Children and YA Fiction

Set You Free

The seventh YA novel from Ottawa writer Jeff Ross demonstrates that plots cannot live on twists alone. Set You Free attempts to amp up a fairly thin story with a big third-act switcheroo that makes ... Read More »

November 17, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Emperor of Any Place

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Themes of loss, historical trauma, and the subjectivity of memory are not exactly rare in Canadian fiction, even in books aimed at younger readers. However, the ambitious new novel by celebrated kidlit veteran Tim Wynne-Jones ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Year of Borrowed Men

By Michelle Barker; Renné Benoit (illus.)

“I was seven when the French prisoners of war arrived at our house.” From this opening sentence, Michelle Barker’s picture book introduces a challenging issue to its young audience. Based on the experiences of the ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

If You’re Lucky

By Yvonne Prinz

The latest novel from San Francisco–based Canadian author (and Amoeba Music co-founder) Yvonne Prinz starts out as a sad story about a disaffected teenager and slowly builds into a hold-on-to-your-seat thriller. Georgia is trying to ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Aptitude

By Natalie Corbett Sampson

In the future, society is ruled by a dictatorial government called the Authority, which enforces a hierarchical system based on ability. Those who have the means and lineage to take exams for specific proficiencies (academic ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Minrs

By Kevin Sylvester

In the first instalment of his new series, Kevin Sylvester turns his attention from the kitchen capers of Neil Flambé to an adventure set in space. With Earth’s resources dwindling, the Melming Mining company launches ... Read More »

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

Young Man with Camera

By David Wyman (photo.); Emil Sher

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

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