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
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
Review by Hannah Luppe Flatiron Books, 2021 416, Hardcover, $25.99 CAD,9781250268396 Ages 13 – 18, Grades 9+ Fantasy, Romance According to the myths, the Prince of Hearts was not capable of love because his heart had stopped beating long ago. Only one person could make it work again: his one true love. They said his … More Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Kaila Johnson reviews ‘Spells for Lost Things’ … More Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
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Charlotte Mundy reviews ‘Who Owns the Clouds?’ … More Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard, illus. Gérard DuBois, transl. Yvette Ghione
Review by Claudine Yip Margaret K. McElderry Books, September 2022 528 pages, Hardcover, $25.99 CAD, 978-6659-0558-9 Ages 14+, Grades 9+ Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction “Poison was irrefutable. If there were others like her out there, they could take a blade to the throat, they could take a bullet to the gut, but poison would … More Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Review by Evelyn Hussey Nimbus Publishing Limited, October 4, 2022 295 pages, Paperback, $16.95 CAD, $14.95 USD, 9781774711163 Young Adult, Ages 13+, Grades 8+ Fiction, Mystery, LGBTQ+ I made myself shrug. “You liked him.” Her face cleared. “I did. I really did.” We were both silent for a breath. “Why would someone kill him?” she … More Heartbreak Homes by Jo Treggiari
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
Review by Evelyn Hussey … More A Different Kind of Normal by Abigail Balfe
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