Break Away: Power Forward

Translated from the French by John Glassco Award winner Casey Roberts, Power Forward is Sylvain Hotte’s compact second instalment in the Break Away series, yet it works well as a standalone tale of the crucible ... Read More »

May 23, 2012

Home in Time for Dinner

By Kathryn Ellis

When 15-year-old Chris Ramsay turns on the TV one day, he is shocked to see his own face looking back at him from a digitally aged image of a missing child. It’s a surprising way ... Read More »

May 23, 2012

The Horse Road

By Troon Harrison

The Horse Road is the first novel in a trilogy by B.C. author Troon Harrison featuring female protagonists and horses, set against different historical backdrops. In this instalment, Kallisto is a young girl growing up ... Read More »

May 23, 2012

Cherry Blossom Winter

By Jennifer Maruno

Baseball, babies, and best friends are just a few of the things 10-year-old Michiko discovers in this touching sequel to Jennifer Maruno’s 2009 debut, When the Cherry Blossoms Fell. Picking up where the previous novel ... Read More »

May 23, 2012

The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls

By John Lekich

In his third YA novel, Vancouver author John Lekich tells the story of a most darling delinquent. Fifteen-year-old Henry Holloway burglarizes houses with loving care, often tidying up the domiciles he invades and only stealing ... Read More »

May 23, 2012

★ One in Every Crowd

By Ivan E. Coyote

Despite being a fortysomething, confident, self-identified butch lesbian with a crew cut, tattoos, and killer biceps, Ivan E. Coyote’s heart still races when she enters high schools, where she gives talks far more often than ... Read More »

May 23, 2012

The Pirate Girl’s Treasure: An Origami Adventure

By Peyton Leung; Hilary Leung, illus.

Like a contemporary Pippi Longstocking, the pirate girl has sailed the seven seas and, when she receives an intriguing letter and treasure map from her grandfather, thinks nothing of pursuing another adventure. She sets off, ... Read More »

May 23, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Night Sky Wheel Ride

By Sheree Fitch; Yayo, illus.

A visit to the fairground turns into a wild romp through realms of the imagination in this new offering from East Coast poet and author Sheree Fitch. Mixing rhymed and unrhymed verse with concrete poetry ... Read More »

May 23, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Don’t Laugh at Giraffe

By Rebecca Bender

The amusing duo that tickled funny bones and captured hearts in Rebecca Bender’s 2010 picture book debut, Giraffe and Bird, return in Don’t Laugh at Giraffe. The book opens with a fun montage of all ... Read More »

May 23, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Least Important Man

By Alex Boyd

Alex Boyd’s sophomore collection has what one speaker calls “that being-filmed feeling.” Boyd’s eye is panoramic and moves with seeming ease from roof to handrail to a woman holding an umbrella. The formal structure of ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Poetry

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