Acts of Courage: Laura Secord and the War of 1812

In time to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Geoffrey Bilson Award finalist Connie Brummel Crook has written a fictionalized biography of Laura Secord, who risked her life to warn the British of ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

Above

By Leah Bobet

Toronto writer Leah Bobet, best known for her sci-fi and fantasy short stories, makes the move to longer fiction with her first novel for young readers. Matthew has always lived in Safe, a hidden underground ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Circle of Cranes

By Annette LeBox

Circle of Cranes tells the story of 13-year-old orphan Suyin, who is sent from her impoverished Chinese village to New York City in the care of a smooth-talking human smuggler. There, she is forced to ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

Unraveling Isobel

By Eileen Cook

Unraveling Isobel is an exuberant mix of gothic mystery and modern YA chick-lit. The story opens with 17-year-old Isobel arriving at her new home, a dilapidated estate called Morrigan, located on a small island. Morrigan ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

Day of the Cyclone

By Penny Draper

Penny Draper’s latest instalment in the highly entertaining and educational Disaster Strikes! series tells the story of the deadliest tornado in Canadian history, which killed 28 people and left more than 2,500 homeless when it ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

40 Things I Want to Tell You

By Alice Kuipers

In her third YA novel, Alice Kuipers proves she owns the market on introspective, conflicted teen-girl protagonists. Bird (a nickname earned after she attempted to fly out of a tree at age eight) is the ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

★ The Taming

By Eric Walters and Teresa Toten

Creating a modern, Shakespeare-inspired teen romance isn’t a groundbreaking concept, and at first glance, this high school tale from Toronto-area authors Teresa Toten and Eric Walters might appear to blend in with any number of ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

★ Darkest Light

By Hiromi Goto; Jillian Tamaki

Darkest Light is the rare sequel that makes its predecessor feel like a prologue: it deepens and darkens the visceral fantasy begun in the Sunburst Award–winning Half World. While the tale it tells is very ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

Virginia Wolf

By Kyo Maclear; Isabelle Arsenault, illus.

In Kyo Maclear’s latest picture book (following 2010’s Spork), a young girl named Vanessa narrates a simple story. Her sister Virginia has woken in a particularly wolfish mood. She growls, howls, and groans, and her ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Martin on the Moon

By Martine Audet; Luc Melanson, illus.

In the English translation of Montreal poet Martine Audet’s first picture book (the original, Xavier-la-lune, was a finalist for the 2011 French-language TD Children’s Book Award), Martin is a rosy-cheeked, redheaded boy who is trying ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

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