August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Abandoned at birth by her father Phineas, “a scoundrel, a flim-flammer, and worse, circus riff-raff,” Ephemia Rimaldi (Effy) has found a comfortable home with her great-aunt Ada, a committed campaigner for women’s rights. Determined that ... Read More »
Focus. Click. Wind. These are the actions 11th grader Billie Taylor performs when taking photographs. She is a teenager trying to make sense of a tumultuous world: the book opens in April 1968, in New ... Read More »
August 14, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
When her estranged father decides to remarry and invites her to the wedding in India, Mehar Rabbani sees it as her chance to mend family ties. But can this American teenager reconnect with the Indian ... Read More »
August 2, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
A summer with your doting grandparents and tons of independence at a beautiful lake might appeal to some 11-year-olds, but for Ava Amato, the protagonist of Where the Water Takes Us, it’s a crushing sentence. ... Read More »
July 26, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Sixth-grader Arlaina is excited to be taking care of her cousin Patrice’s bunny, now that Patrice and her family are moving to New York. On the other hand, Arlaina’s elderly teacher Mr. Matthews has been ... Read More »
July 24, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Belgrade-born Katarina Jovanovic offers an endearing fictional story about a place that once existed in her hometown. Cardboard City follows Romani teenagers Nikola and his older sister Saida as they dream of escaping the informal ... Read More »
July 19, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Peter, the protagonist of Lore Isle, the debut middle grade novel from Newfoundland writer Jiin Kim, does not have an easy life. He and his mother, who suffers from anxiety and the persistent delusion that ... Read More »
July 5, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
In Colleen Nelson’s latest middle grade novel, readers follow aspiring journalist Ruby Markowski and her best friend, Scout Chang-Poulin, as they fight against gentrification in their beloved New York City neighbourhood. Since the death of ... Read More »
June 28, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Aisha Bimi is a young dancer brimming with passion and promise; but at her exclusive ballet boarding school, she faces constant anti-Black racism. Denied opportunity after opportunity simply for “not looking the part,” Aisha seeks ... Read More »
June 26, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Of Light and Shadow by Tanaz Bhathena is a dual-perspective, stand-alone, young adult epic fantasy that tells a propulsive political tale of magic, the attraction of opposites, and chosen family. Roshan Chaya, the Shadow Bandit, ... Read More »
June 21, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books