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Jakeman

By Deborah Ellis

Deborah Ellis has never shied away from taking a stand, as her award-winning fiction and non-fiction about AIDS and war attests. She’s firmly on the side of those marginalized by poverty, gender, race, and age. ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

The Royal Woods

By Matt Duggan

The Royal Woods follows the adventures of a young brother and sister who run away from their Toronto home to spend the summer with relatives on a farm in Manitoba. To their dismay, Turk and ... Read More »

May 30, 2007

Better Than Blonde

By Teresa Toten

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

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

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