The Divine Economy of Salvation

In the early 1970s an angelic teenage girl named Bella dies mysteriously at St. X. School for Girls. She had been an initiate to “the Sisterhood,” a small group of students who gathered in one ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Saints of Big Harbour

By Lynn Coady

The literary mavens of Canada are keeping a close eye on Lynn Coady because her first two works of fiction (Strange Heaven, a novel, and Play the Monster Blind, a story collection) showed such dazzling ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Crow Lake

By Mary Lawson

Crow Lake begins at a luminous moment for the Morrison family. Luke, the eldest son, has been accepted at teachers’ college, the first of the family to go on to higher education. Matt, two years ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mile End

By Lise Tremblay, Gail Scott, trans.

The unnamed narrator of Lise Tremblay’s Mile End plays the piano for a living, accompanying aspiring singers and ballet dancers. She could do much better if she tried, but she is confused about what she ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Heart Does Not Bend

By Makeda Silvera

Makeda Silvera is the author of two collections of short stories, but she is probably better known as an editor and co-founder of Sister Vision Press than as a writer. The Heart Does Not Bend, ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stickler and Me

By Morley Torgov

It is rare that a book cover truly captures the essence of the book itself. But Morley Torgov’s Stickler and Me pretty much scores perfectly. The cover features a teenage boy and his grandfather, both ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Canada Invents

By Susan Hughes

Who would have thought that Canada has been home to so many inventors? Susan Hughes, writer of children’s information books, has filled this substantial volume with inventors of all ages, and inventions of all types ... Read More »

January 22, 2004

★ Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-mimic Dinosaur

By Monique Keiran, Melanie Ford Wilson, illus.

Another book on dinosaurs? Aren’t there enough already for even the most fanatical child? Maybe not. Ornithomimus, by Alberta writer Monique Keiran, is the second in the Discoveries in Palaeontology series. Like the first, Albertosaurus: ... Read More »

January 22, 2004

Zzz: The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep

By Trudee Romanek, Rose Cowles, illus.

Zzz, the fourth book in Kids Can’s Mysterious You series, lives up to its lengthy title. Its brightly coloured pages, packed with ample illustrations and sidebars, make this book an attention-grabber, and its wide-ranging text ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Green Cat

By Dayal Kaur Khalsa

Ready to engage in their nightly squabble over space in the bedroom they share, Tom and Lynn are distracted by a tall green cat who asks them, “What do you like the most?” They both ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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