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The Lake and the Library

In S.M. Beiko’s florid debut, 16-year-old Ashleigh’s fantasy to escape her “bitter, broken” small town is finally about to come true: her chain-smoking nurse mother has announced they’ll leave at summer’s end. An incurable romantic, ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Path of Names

By Ari Goelman

Ari Goelman’s The Path of Names is a charming if somewhat complicated take on the summer-camp mystery novel, infused with Kabbalah mysticism and Gematria, a form of Jewish numerology based on the Hebrew alphabet. When ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz

By Alan Silberberg

Novels featuring prose interspersed with comics (the Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Big Nate series, for example) are all the rage, though Canadian additions to this trend have been few and far between. Enter ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Allegra

By Shelley Hrdlitschka

Allegra is not just the title of Shelley Hrdlitschka’s newest novel for young readers, it is also the name of the protagonist and a piece of music that becomes the girl’s salvation and downfall. After ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Taste of Heaven

By Meg Tilly

The second middle-grade novel by Golden Globe Award–winning actress Meg Tilly features Madison Harriet Stokes, a Grade 5 student who lives in the sleepy town of Rosedale, Oregon. Life is pretty ordinary and uncomplicated for ... Read More »

March 19, 2013

In Lucia’s Neighborhood

By Pat Shewchuk; Marek Colek, illus.

There is much to love about In Lucia’s Neighborhood, the picture book by Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek that grew out of the duo’s celebrated animated short film Montrose Avenue. Opening with an epigraph from ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Gabby

By Joyce Grant; Jan Dolby, illus.

Gabby, a bespectacled little redhead, is cleaning up her playroom when a book falls off a shelf, causing chaos as letters bounce out of the pages and are strewn about the room. Gabby begins to ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mooncakes

By Loretta Seto; Renné Benoit, illus

Vancouver screenwriter and playwright Loretta Seto’s debut picture book is a lovely, touching story that functions well as both entertainment and an introduction to a snippet of Chinese culture. A young girl is preparing to ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Dream Boats

By Dan Bar-el; Kirsti Anne Wakelin, illus.

“I don’t have naps. I have adventures. I don’t sleep in a bed. I ride in a Dream Boat.” So begins Vancouver author Dan Bar-el’s delicious journey into the reveries of children from all over ... Read More »

March 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Beautiful Truth

By Colin McAdam

Walter and Judy Ribke, a married couple in 1970s rural Vermont, are deeply in love but infertility has rendered them unable to extend their shared affections into parenthood. Walt and Judy know they want to ... Read More »

March 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

The Lake and the Library

The Path of Names

The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz

Allegra

A Taste of Heaven

In Lucia’s Neighborhood

Gabby

Mooncakes

★ Dream Boats

A Beautiful Truth

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