Kids’ Books

The Night Wanderer: A Graphic Novel

By Drew Hayden Taylor; adapted by Alison Kooistra; Michael Wyatt, illus.

In the 16 years since Buffy the Vampire Slayer first stalked the airwaves, the trope of the teenage girl falling for an ancient vampire has grown from clever inversion to cliché (see: Twilight, Vampire Diaries, ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Lives of Magic

By Lucy Leiderman

T oronto author Lucy Leiderman’s debut YA novel tells the story of 17-year-old Gwen Carlisle. On her way to her first day at a new high school in Oregon, Gwen realizes she is being followed ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Screech Owls: Panic in Pittsburgh

By Roy MacGregor

The latest instalment of veteran sports journalist Roy MacGregor’s Screech Owls series (there are now more than 20) exposes young readers to timely topics such as terrorism, hockey safety, and cultural diversity within the framework ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Creature Department

By Robert Paul Weston

What if the leading minds in technology were not Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, but giants and monsters with their own periodic table and laws of physics? In The Creature Department, author Robert Paul Weston imagines a ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Morven and the Horse Clan

By Luanne Armstrong

Taking as her setting 3,500 BC Eurasia (in present-day Kazakhstan), Luanne Armstrong weaves a story of a young woman who befriends and tames the wild horses of the steppes. Although fictional, Armstrong’s tale is based ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Magdeburg Trilogy, Book Two: The Night Has Claws

By Kat Kruger

Since launching last fall, Fierce Ink Press, a publishing co-operative in Atlantic Canada, has primarily released YA titles in ebook or print-on-demand formats. The exception is Kat Kruger’s Magdeburg trilogy, about an unsuspecting American werewolf ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Who I’m Not

By Ted Staunton

Who I’m Not takes off like a rocket and continues its upward trajectory right to the very last page. The book opens with a cocky teenage narrator telling readers who he isn’t, while running a ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Anna Carries Water

By Olive Senior; Laura James, illus.

Anna lives with her family in the beautiful Jamaican countryside. Every evening she and her siblings walk to the spring, where they fill their containers with water for cooking, drinking, and washing. They always walk ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Once Upon a Memory

By Nina Laden; Renata Liwska, illus.

In their new picture book, American author Nina Laden and Canadian illustrator Renata Liwska aim to gently confront children with the themes of memory and change. Laden’s text, written in rhyming couplets, offers one line ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Spark

By Kallie George; Geneviève Côté, illus.

Spark is a lovable little dragon with a big problem: he can’t control his fire. His parents try everything they can think of to help: they teach him lessons from a book, they give him ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

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