Double or Nothing by Brooke Carter

Review by Deborah Vail Orca Sounding Books, August 2020 137 pages, paperback, Hi-Low $10.95 CAD, 978-1459-8238-15 Ages 12+ Young Adult, Contemporary Realism It’s not about the money. It’s not even about winning or losing. It’s about hating myself, punishing myself and then seeking redemption in all the wrong ways. Imagine being so smart that, at … More Double or Nothing by Brooke Carter

When You Least Expect It by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Review by Audrey Wahking Red Deer Press, 2021 444 pages, paperback, $14.95 CAD, 978-0-88995-641-4 Young adult, high school Realistic Fiction “Twenty,” I called out in a gasp. The boat picked up a little. My legs seared and my breathing was like rapid bursts. In and out. In and out. I kept sliding and pushing. Keep … More When You Least Expect It by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline

Review by Audrey Wahking Penguin Random House, 2021 390 pages, paperback, 16.99 CAD, ISBN 9780735269651 Young Adult, 15-18 years old Fiction Weeds strangled the geometry of cultivated spaces overnight. Bees swarmed broken streets, made hives out of green-clotted houses, the wallpaper shot through with moss. Foxes traveled in covens, noses to the ground, throats safe … More Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline