Better Than Blonde

Despite her realization, at the end of Me and the Blondes, that blondes also have problems, 15-year-old Sophie Kandinsky still longs “to be a Blonde in the deeper, metaphysical, spiritual sense, with a big honking ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

Chin Music

By Gregory Roberts

It’s difficult to resist the temptation to lace this review of Calgarian Gregory Roberts’ debut YA novel with baseball slang. It’s such an integral part of his story that each chapter begins with a relevant ... Read More »

May 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

The Big Book of Pop Culture: A How-to Guide for Young Artists

By Hal Niedzviecki; Marc Ngui, illus.

Self-styled indie guru Hal Niedzviecki proselytizes to the fledgling creative masses with The Big Book of Pop Culture. Sticking close to his DIY cultural principles, Niedzviecki attempts to map out a route to the heart ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

SOS: Stories of Survival

By Ed Butts

SOS: Stories of Survival will be compulsive reading for young teens who have stopped fretting over monsters under the bed in favour of adult-themed fears of death and loss, and for those who are fascinated ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

★ Sweet: The Delicious Story of Candy

By Ann Love and Jane Drake; Claudia Davila, illus

Ann Love and Jane Drake have co-authored several books for kids about nature and environmental conservation, the last one focusing on garbage. The two sisters have more recently turned to sweeter-smelling material, and the results ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

Rise of the Golden Cobra

By Henry T. Aubin

Digging into this historical adventure set in the eighth century BC, I felt more like a child reader than usual, because the story features the Kushites, an ancient African nation that I had never heard ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

Bank

By David Bledin

The worlds of banking and literature seldom meet, and probably for good reason. There’s not much drama to be found in the facts and figures of the financial district. Or is there?Bank is the debut ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Shelf Monkey

By Corey Redekop

A decade ago, when Oprah launched her book club juggernaut, stuffy literati worldwide – especially authors of books not chosen – knee-jerkingly condemned the idea of one person dictating what the masses should read. Those ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Spent

By Joe Matt

In the annals of confessional Loser Lit, few capture the minute details of their own downfall with as much glee and obsessiveness as cartoonist Joe Matt. Matt, an American who lived in Toronto for years ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Graphica

Mother of Lies

By Dave Duncan

With this novel, Dave Duncan, the prolific Victoria-based science fiction and fantasy writer, brings to a close the duology begun with 2006’s Children of Chaos. Mother of Lies is a solid sequel that carries all ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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