BOOK REVIEWS

In the Dark: The Science of What Happens at Night

By Lisa Deresti Betik and Josh Holinaty (ill.)

Just before the pandemic hit, Netflix released Night on Earth, a six-part, David Attenborough–style nature documentary with a simple yet engaging twist: all of its action happens after the sun goes down. It’s a clever ... Read More »

July 27, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Sick of the System: Why the COVID-19 Recovery Must Be Revolutionary

By BtL Editorial Committee (eds.)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had various impacts, both minor and severe. For Between the Lines Publishing, it’s provided an opportunity to answer the call of writer Arundhati Roy, who penned a viral essay inviting her ... Read More »

July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Health & Self-help, Reviews

Facing the Sun

By Janice Lynn Mather

Janice Lynn Mather’s second novel for young adults opens with an altercation between a group of teenagers on Pinder Point, one of the few Nassau beaches still open to locals living adjacent to the water. ... Read More »

July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Daughters of Ys

By M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux (ill.)

A tale as old as time gets a female-centric update in National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s third graphic novel. Anderson recounts the ancient Breton legend of Ys, a lavish city swallowed by the ocean. ... Read More »

July 20, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Woman before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal

By Bryn Turnbull

If one positive thing came out of Madonna’s disastrous 2011 Wallis Simpson biopic, W.E., it’s that the film introduced Toronto writer Bryn Turnbull to the story of Thelma Morgan Furness. The American socialite had been ... Read More »

July 20, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret

By Jess Keating and Katie Hickey (ill.)

When it comes to the current state of picture books, portrayals of important historical women are in ample supply. Three new titles communicate the impact of their subjects to young readers while taking a fresh ... Read More »

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

When Emily Was Small

By Lauren Soloy

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Where Are You, Agnes?

By Tessa McWatt and Zuzanna Celej (ill.)

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Waiting Under Water

By Riel Nason

Waiting Under Water, a novel by Riel Nason, begins and ends with sea glass. When Hope was eight, she started making sea glass on the beach behind her house in St. David’s, a small town ... Read More »

July 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Imago Stage

By Karoline Georges; Rhonda Mullins (trans.)

The epigraph to Daniel J. Boorstin’s essential 1961 book The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America is a quote from the Swiss playwright Max Frisch: “Technology … the knack of so arranging the world ... Read More »

July 13, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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