Kens by Raziel Reid
Review by Keh Liu
More than anything, Tommy Rawlins wants to be one of the Kens: a trifecta so fiercely popular at Willows High that the mean girls fear them and the straight guys “go gay” for them. … More Kens by Raziel Reid
Review by Keh Liu
More than anything, Tommy Rawlins wants to be one of the Kens: a trifecta so fiercely popular at Willows High that the mean girls fear them and the straight guys “go gay” for them. … More Kens by Raziel Reid
Review by Verena Rodriguez
Ho’onani wants to sing the traditional Hawaiian hula chant at her school festival, but there is one little problem: She is not a kane (boy). However, she doesn’t feel quite like a wahine (girl) either, so when her teacher opens auditions for everyone, Ho’onani is ready to participate enthusiastically. … More Ho’onani Hula Warrior by Heather Gale, Illus. by Mika Song
Review by Shanleigh Klassen
In this fun, entirely teenage, reimagining of Clue, Diana Peterfreund channels the campy energy of both the legendary board game and the beloved 1980s cult classic film. … More In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund
Review by Jennifer Irvine
Agatha Caroline Morton, “a tall-for-12-year-old girl,” is so shy that every time she has to talk in public, she begins to stutter and almost faints. … More Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, Book 1: The Body Under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn
Review by Kelsey Elizabeth Moorhouse
Ember St. George is a fire dragon, and the last of her kind—but nobody, apart from her adoptive father, the great Magician and Stormancer Lionel, and her aunt, the notorious thief and Scientist Myra, can ever know. … More Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett
Review by Elina Taillon
For high schoolers like Siobhan McQuaid, the future is daunting enough without bringing dragons into the mix. But when the little southwest Ontarian town of Trondheim gets its very own family of dragon slayers, including her new friend Owen Thorskard, her post-secondary plans are swept up in a gale of fire. … More The Story of Owen by E.K. Johnston
Review by Juhyun Tony Bae
Five months ago, Nate’s best friend Dodge drowned in a tragic accident along with his family up near their cabin, but his body was never recovered. … More The Starlight Claim by Tim Wynne-Jones