Be a Wilderness Detective

From fireflies to ocean tides, Atlantic Canada’s woods, fields, and coastlines are teeming with natural wonders. In her new non-fiction book, author and illustrator Peggy Kochanoff decodes some of the East Coast’s more intriguing mysteries. ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

It’s a Feudal, Feudal World: A Different Medieval History

By Stephen Shapiro; Ross Kinnaird, illus.

The latest offering from historian and author Stephen Shapiro lives up to its claim to be a “different” history in both its infographic presentation and the scope of material covered. Infographics are a method of ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Beautiful Goodbye

By Nancy Runstedler

In her debut novel, librarian Nancy Runstedler uses two fantastical elements – the occult and time travel – to lure readers into a narrative that informs as it entertains. The story begins shortly after the ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Creeps

By Darren Hynes

Toronto actor Darren Hynes’ new novel centres on two disaffected teens in a small Labrador mining town, one of whom – a snarling, be-muscled thug known as Pete “the meat” – is a bully in ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Color of Silence

By Liane Shaw

Liane Shaw’s poetic novel of grief and friendship examines the vast difference between how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us. Wallowing in self-hatred following the accidental death of her best friend, 17-year-old Alex ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Whatever Doesn’t Kill You

By Elizabeth Wennick

At 15, Jenna has already had her fair share of misfortune, beginning with her father’s murder when she was just a few days old. Her mother, whose mind was permanently altered by a botched suicide ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Summer Days, Starry Nights

By Vikki VanSickle

Summer Days, Starry Nights is a love letter to summer, the 1960s, and the decade’s music, told through the story of 14-year-old Reenie Starr. More than anything, Reenie loves her family’s summer resort, Sandy Shores, ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Game, Book One: Rush

By Eve Silver

The proliferation of YA novels featuring girls who kick ass continues to grow. At their worst, these female-led stories are clichéd Hunger Games copycats. But at their best, as with Toronto author Eve Silver’s first ... Read More »

May 21, 2013

Community Soup

By Alma Fullerton

In this Stone Soup—flavoured story, a Kenyan school is busy with lunchtime preparations. While the teachers stir the broth, students pick vegetables from the community garden. Kioni is late – she’s looking for her goats, ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Dark

By Lemony Snicket; Jon Klassen, illus.

The Dark is a fantastic collision of literary phenomena: Lemony Snicket and Caldecott Medal winner Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat), who together create a story evoking the spooky old poem “In a Dark, ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

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