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Irma Voth

By Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews’ follow-up to 2008’s The Flying Troutmans details its eponymous protagonist’s various attempts to answer the question, “How do I behave in this world without following the directions of my father, my husband, or ... Read More »

April 1, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Fostergirls

By Liane Shaw

Liane Shaw attempts to capture the turbulent inner life of an orphaned teenager in her new YA novel. Fifteen-year-old Sadie Thompson has spent most of her life in foster care; with no family placements available, ... Read More »

March 30, 2011

Fall for Anything

By Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers does not write lighthearted novels. Her first two books tackled rape, suicide, and social annihilation by former friends. In her third, Summers writes again about suicide, introducing readers to a girl grappling with ... Read More »

March 30, 2011

Accomplice

By Valerie Sherrard

On the heels of 2009’s Watcher, New Brunswick author Valerie Sherrard offers another sharp-edged novel for teens, this time with a story that exposes the emotional tricks of an addict and the tight bond between ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Undergrounders

By David Skuy

David Skuy, author of the popular trilogy of Charlie Joyce hockey novels, returns to Canada’s national winter sport with his first stand-alone novel. This sensitively written and compelling book tells the story of Mouse, an ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Held

By Edeet Ravel

Seventeen-year-old Chloe Mills is in Greece on a summer volunteer work program when she is abducted by a couple who blindfold her, drug her, and take her by plane to another country. Worst case scenarios ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction