Natural Order

Brian Francis, author of Canada Reads finalist Fruit (ECW Press), has written an ambitious second novel that dissects the disastrous relationship between a mother and her gay son. Despite an occasionally heavy-handed narrative style and ... Read More »

August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Taking My Life

By Jane Rule

In 2008, the year following the death, at 76, of Jane Rule, an academic named Linda M. Morra made a startling discovery. Among the late author’s papers at the University of British Columbia, she found ... Read More »

August 2, 2011 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan

By Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter

In 2008, Vancouver photographer Rafal Gerszak travelled to Afghanistan to be embedded with an American military unit. He ended up living with the soldiers for a year, snapping pictures during house searches, disputes with village ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing, and Promoting Your Moves

By Ann-Marie Williams; Jeff Kulak, illus.

From reality shows like So You Think You Can Dance to the choreographed musical numbers on Glee to YouTube flash mobs, dance-based entertainment is more popular than ever. With Learn to Speak Dance, Toronto dance ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Dumb Luck

By Lesley Choyce

In Dumb Luck, a lonely misfit who is “sleepwalking through” Grade 11 does what almost everyone else just dreams of: he wins the lottery. Such an event has the potential to turn anyone’s life around, ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Born Ugly

By Beth Goobie

Two new YA novels by veteran authors share an unusual theme: both feature 16-year-old female protagonists who become unwitting (and, in one case, unwilling) accessories to serious crimes. In Valerie Sherrard’s electrifying Testify, Shana Tremain ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Testify

By Valerie Sherrard

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Summer of Permanent Wants

By Jamieson Findlay

In the acknowledgements to this wild ride of a novel, Ottawa writer and journalist Jamieson Findlay refers to his story as a “mishmash.” It is an apt description of a book that contains aspects of ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Case of the Missing Deed

By Ellen Schwartz

Remember the Famous Five? Like Enid Blyton’s series of page-turners from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, Ellen Schwartz’s newest book revolves around five children – siblings Genevieve, Sébastien, and Claire, and their cousins Alex and ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Vampire Stalker

By Allison Van Diepen

With bookstore and library shelves already crammed with Twilight imitators and cash-ins, the appearance of yet another vampire-centric YA novel is less cause for celebration than deserving of a heavy sigh. One shouldn’t make the ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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