★ The Truth Commission

Susan Juby might veto the label “Canada’s Queen of YA” in favour of something quirkier and more modest (perhaps “Canada’s Grand Poobah of YA” would be more fitting), but her wry, complex, and shocking seventh ... Read More »

June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Song for a Summer Night: A Lullaby

By Robert Heidbreder; Qin Leng (illus.)

The sun goes down, the children gather, and the animals come out to sing. So begins Vancouver poet Robert Heidbreder’s enchanting bedtime tale Song for a Summer Night. As a curtain of stars is thrown ... Read More »

June 23, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

King of Keji

By Jan L. Coates; Patsy MacKinnon (illus.)

What makes a king? Is it his sceptre, jewels, and crown? Or is it something less tangible? When young Jacob complains that his brother always gets to be king of the castle, Gramps takes Jacob ... Read More »

June 23, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rosie and Rolland in the Legendary Show-and-Tell

By Jon Berg

Rosie is excited when she’s finally picked to bring something to class the next day for show and tell. She’s less excited when her nemesis, Freddy Jones, is also chosen. What can she bring that ... Read More »

June 23, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Femme

By Mette Bach

Sofie, the central character in Mette Bach’s new YA novel, has a gorgeous boyfriend, popularity, and perfect skin. She should be over the moon, and yet, she isn’t happy. A mediocre student, Sofie is paired ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ We Are All Made of Molecules

By Susin Nielsen

Drama, humour, poignancy, and suspense are rarely found in such perfect proportions as in Governor General’s Literary Award–winner Susin Nielsen’s new novel about a teen odd couple forced together in a blended family situation. Thirteen-year-old ... Read More »

June 2, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Farmerettes

By Gisela Tobien Sherman

During the summer of 1943, while the Second World War rages in Europe, five teenage “city girls” play their part in the war effort by joining the Ontario Farm Services as “farmerettes,” taking over agricultural ... Read More »

May 26, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Fragile Bones: Harrison and Anna

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Diversity, inclusion, and global awareness are the driving values behind new children’s publisher Clockwise Press. Fragile Bones is the first in its inaugural series, One-2-One. Each book will feature two teens who meet through their ... Read More »

May 26, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Blank

By Trina St. Jean

When we meet 15-year-old farm girl Jessica Grenier, she’s just come out of an 11-day coma (which she dubs the Big Sleep) after being charged by one of the family’s domesticated bison bulls. Suffering from ... Read More »

May 26, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Jacob’s Landing

By Daphne Greer

Nova Scotia author Daphne Greer’s latest book focuses on 12-year-old Jacob Mosher, who loses his father but discovers he has grandparents – Pearl and Frank – he didn’t know existed. Almost a year after his ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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