Reviews of books for children and teens.
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 Evelyn Hussey Illustrated by LeUyen Pham Candlewick Press, 2020 32 pages, hardback, $22.99 CAD, 9781536201994 Picture book, ages 5-8, grades K-3 Mari is very small, but she has a big message to share with the world. She has made a sign reading ‘Love is Powerful’and goes with her mother to the Women’s March. … More Love is Powerful by Heather Dean Brewer, illus. LeUyen Pham
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
Evelyn Hussey reviews ‘Conservation Canines’! … More Conservation Canines by Isabelle Groc
Shubhdeep Kaur Gill reviews The Countdown by M.J. McIsaac … More The Countdown by M.J. McIsaac
Charlotte Mundy reviews ‘Who Owns the Clouds?’ … More Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard, illus. Gérard DuBois, transl. Yvette Ghione
The first day of school can be difficult for everyone: kids, parents, and even crocodiles! … More What Does Little Crocodile Say? by Eva Montanari
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
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