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By the time I hit 14, the bottom end of the suggested age range for Marthe Jocelyn’s soapy new novel, sex dominated all my thoughts, and most conversations. I know this, and yet I get ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hustle

By John Boateng

Johnny Huttle and his best friend, 15-year-old Rex King, eat, sleep, and breathe basketball in their inner-city Vancouver neighbourhood, where drug deals and the pop of gunfire are everyday occurrences. When 14-year-old Johnny (appropriately nicknamed ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Tin Star

By Cecil Castellucci

With Tin Star, author Cecil Castellucci (YA editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books) takes readers to the boundless realm of outer space for a novel that tells not only of aliens and intrigue, ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Jewel of the Thames

By Angela Misri

Toronto-based journalist and author Angela Misri’s Jewel of the Thames is an homage to a never-ending source of cultural fascination: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. The book, which begins in 1929, revolves around ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

On a Scale from Idiot to Complete Jerk

By Alison Hughes

Remember that kid in school who was a bit ballsy, a bit outside the box, but in a charming, likable way? That’s J.J. Murphy. While other kids in his class might play it safe and ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Most Magnificent Thing

By Ashley Spires

Having retired her much-loved Binky the Space Cat series, Saskatoon author-illustrator Ashley Spires turns her attention to a girl and her dog in her latest picture book. The inseparable pair plays, eats, explores, and relaxes ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

Letter Lunch

By Elisa Gutiérrez

In Letter Lunch, Vancouver illustrator and graphic designer Elisa Gutiérrez uses collage and comics-style panels to tell the simple story of a boy and girl attempting to assemble the ingredients for a meal. It quickly ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Landing Gear

By Kate Pullinger

In 2009, Kate Pullinger won a Governor General's Literary Award for her historical novel The Mistress of Nothing. Five years later (with a collection of short stories in between), Pullinger proves she can write just ... Read More »

March 10, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Boundless

By Kenneth Oppel

While Kenneth Oppel may be known for his brisk plots and inventive premises, he reveals himself as a modern-day Farley Mowat in his latest effort, an all-Canadian thriller set in the late 18oos against the ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Here Comes Destructosaurus!

By Aaron Reynolds; Jeremy Tankard, illus.

Life with a preschool-aged boy in the house is always eventful. Little guys have a well-earned reputation for not always being the best behaved members of the family, and it can sometimes feel like living ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

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