An Ocean of Minutes

Toronto resident Thea Lim’s debut novel is a dystopian time-travel story that defies genre conventions by concentrating on the interpersonal consequences of its plot. But somewhere along the line the narrative falls flat: despite the ... Read More »

July 5, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Poppy & Sam and the Leaf Thief

By Cathon

If television has taught us anything, it’s that the most effective and entertaining crime-fighting partnerships consist of individuals who, despite divergent personalities and levels of competence, manage somehow to put their differences aside in order ... Read More »

July 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Call of the Rift: Flight

By Jae Waller

Whether she’s battling magical spirits or dealing with unrequited love, 17-year-old Kateiko is plagued by drama in this high-fantasy meets coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of a tension-filled colonial world. Haunted by visions of ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Along the Indigo

By Elsie Chapman

For Marsden, the main character in Elsie Chapman’s Along the Indigo, “the covert” is her birthright, her burden, and the only source of hope in a life battered by circumstance. The covert is an overgrown ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Adjacentland

By Rabindranath Maharaj

Rabindranath Maharaj’s new novel, though flawed, is a fiercely imaginative, powerfully written meditation on storytelling, uncertainty, identity, and time. Maharaj, the Trinidadian-Canadian author of The Amazing Absorbing Boy (which won the Trillium Book Award and ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Wallpaper

By Thao Lam

Thao Lam’s nearly wordless book, a follow-up to her well-received debut, Skunk on a String, is about courage, imagination, and unexpected paths to friendship. It centres on a nameless young girl with brown skin and ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Discovery of Flight

By Susan Glickman

The Discovery of Flight is about two sisters who write. Twelve-year-old Sophie is keeping a journal for her Hebrew class in preparation for her bat mitzvah, and 16-year-old Libby is penning a secret fantasy story ... Read More »

June 27, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood

By Bill Gaston

Some drunks are mean, violent, and needy. Others, like Bill Gaston’s late father, act like a “gentleman” when sober and a “frat boy” when drunk. But even these tamer drinkers can be hard to forgive ... Read More »

June 25, 2018 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Siuluk: The Last Tuniq

By Nadia Sammurtok; Rob Nix (ill.)

Nadia Sammurtok’s Siuluk: The Last Tuniq is based on traditional stories from the Chesterfield Inlet area of the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. Siuluk is a man of great strength, rumoured to be the last of ... Read More »

June 25, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pulse Point

By Colleen Nelson; Nancy Chappell-Pollack

Post-catastrophe dystopia-disguised-as-utopia narratives are a mainstay of literature for teens and have been for years. From The Giver to The Hunger Games, these stories feature citizens with their rights and freedoms subjugated for the “greater ... Read More »

June 25, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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