Kids’ Books

Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet

Neil Flambé is a triple threat: a world-renowned teen chef, a first-class detective, and a perfectionist grump. His appetizing adventures solving madcap mysteries are Silver Birch Award–winning Canadian bestsellers, and author Kevin Sylvester serves up ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Something Wiki

By Suzanne Sutherland

Jo Waller is struggling with how to express her individuality without straying too far from the crowd. It’s a typical tween problem, but 12-year-old Jo – a self-described acne-scarred, bespectacled, geeky loser – has found ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The World Without Us

By Robin Stevenson

Prologues are designed to pull readers into novels by presenting just enough of an event, usually a catastrophe, to make them crave answers. Prologues are also sometimes employed to compensate for weak stories, propelling us ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

See You Next Year

By Andrew Larsen; Todd Stewart (illus.)

The summer holiday presented in Andrew Larsen’s See You Next Year is a far cry from stimulus-overload Disneyland vacations or activity-filled cruises. Rather, the week at the beach at the centre of this gentle story ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Best Friends Through Eternity

By Sylvia McNicoll

In her latest novel, veteran YA author Sylvia McNicoll takes a typical drama centred around the old standby theme of the kid who doesn’t fit in and turns it into something more interesting. Born in ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Dogs

By Allan Stratton

Playwright and author Allan Stratton has written Dora Mavor Moore Award–winning plays, fiction for adults, and, recently, a pair of fantasy books for middle-graders, but he is arguably best known for YA titles such as ... Read More »

January 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook

By Judy Chan; Paul Yee; Shaoli Wang (illus.)

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook is a delightfully quirky hybrid of fables and recipes that will satisfy those hungry for both knowledge and culinary inspiration. Lauded historian and author Paul Yee creates or ... Read More »

January 8, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Lonely

By Ainslie Hogarth

Ainslie Hogarth’s debut novel is morbid, unnerving, and difficult. The majority of readers would do well to heed the warning in the book’s first chapter, issued by protagonist and first-person narrator Easter Deetz: “If you’re ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

About that Night

By Norah McClintock

There’s very little to connect Elise Diehl and Derek Maugham in five-time Arthur Ellis Award–winning author Norah McClintock’s latest mystery for teen readers. Sure, the police lieutenant’s wife and the 17-year-old high-school student live quite ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Kissing Frogs

By Alisha Sevigny

In this modern reimagining of The Frog Prince, debut author Alisha Sevigny turns a typical high-school drama on its head by setting it in tropical El Valle de Anton, Panama. Popular high-school senior Jess Stone ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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