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BOOK REVIEWS

Pieces of Me

By Darlene Ryan

Pieces of Me tells the story of Maddie, a teenaged girl who runs away from home to escape her mother’s abusive boyfriend. After managing on her own for a few weeks, she forms a bond ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Eldritch Manor

By Kim Thompson

There’s something wonderfully strange about the retirement home down the street that entices 12-year-old Willa Fuller, all nerves and knobby knees, into taking up the post of housekeeper for the summer. It’s not long before ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Enemy Territory

By Sharon E. McKay

Sharon E. McKay doesn’t shy away from tackling tough subjects. Having delved into the Afghan war, the Holocaust, and the First World War in previous books, McKay takes on the challenge of crafting a delicately ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Starling

By Lesley Livingston

A modern spin on ancient mythology – a mix of Norse, Greek, and Egyptian – is at the centre of the latest supernatural offering from Toronto writer Lesley Livingston. In the first book of a ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

★ The Encyclopedia of Me

By Karen Rivers

E is for excellent. As in, the excellent new novel by Victoria’s Karen Rivers. Inspired by an old set of books that clutter her family’s living room, “almost-thirteen-year-old” Isadora Aaron-Martin (a.k.a. Tink) decides to write ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

★ (You) Set Me on Fire

By Mariko Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki set the bar high when she wrote 2008’s Skim, a YA graphic novel (with art by her cousin, rising star Jillian ­Tamaki) that was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and a ... Read More »

August 23, 2012