Children and YA Fiction

The Turning

Ben Larsson, the teenage protagonist of Gillian Chan’s latest YA novel, is confronted by eerie supernatural phenomena while reluctantly accompanying his professor father on his sabbatical in England. Ben finds himself scared and unsettled by ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Walking with the Dead

By L.M. Falcone

Walking with the Dead is a page-turning thriller for readers who like their stories to unfold at lightning speed, unencumbered by character development. Both Alex and his dad have financial troubles. Alex is being shaken ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Flower

By Irene N. Watts

Displaced by a hip stepmother who has a new baby on the way, 13-year-old Kaitlin Carr feels like she doesn’t fit into her family anymore. She’s bitterly disappointed that she’s being sent off to Halifax ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rain Tonight: A Story of Hurricane Hazel

By Steve Pitt, Heather Collins, illus.

The weather forecast on Oct. 15, 1954 said only “rain tonight” (hence the book’s title), but for hundreds of Toronto residents, Hurricane Hazel was a horrific disaster. Born at the height of the storm in ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

By Cora Taylor

In the first two books in Alberta author Cora Taylor’s historical fantasy series Ghost Voyages, Jeremy experienced Canada’s maritime history aboard the Northcote, Nonsuch, Matthew, and Bluenose. In the third, he briefly revisits the Bluenose ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Freewalker

By Dennis Foon

My first impression of Vancouver playwright Dennis Foon’s Freewalker, a sequel to The Dirt Eaters, was that it’s derivative of Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials series. Foon’s mystical “dirt” recalls Pullman’s “dust.” The animal forms that ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Francesca and the Magic Bike

By Cynthia Nugent

"Hippogriff, don’t fail me now!” is the plea that 10-year-old Francesca (Frankie), on a quest to recover a special ring, makes to her awesome bike. Frankie begins her adventure with frissons of doubt about whether ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Flags of War

By John Wilson

The Flags of War, by prolific B.C. writer John Wilson, takes a hard look at war and its consequences through the eyes of young protagonists. Set during the U.S. Civil War, the novel tells the ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Beckoners

By Carrie Mac

When you’re the new kid in town, you keep to yourself or you make alliances. But if loners are easy targets, joining a group can be even dicier, as often the only one that will ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Tunnel King

By Barbara Hehner

In 1944, 76 Allied POW airmen escaped their prison camp through a secret tunnel. Although 50 of these men were later executed by the Nazis, their heroic efforts to disrupt German forces became legendary, entering ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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