Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words provides a space for transgender and non-binary youth to share the experiences and challenges they face growing up.
This anthology features poems, essays, stories, letters, memoirs, and art by transgender and non-binary youth from across Canada. … More Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words Edited by Lindsay Herriot & Kate Fry
As a non-Muslim reader, I feel honored to have read this book and to have been invited to witness one of the most sacred traditions in Islam through Adam and Zayneb’s perspectives … More Love From Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
Jonathan Bécotte has approached a complex and highly personal experience with an endearing sense of childlike wonder. This is a story that not only retells the shared experiences of queer youth, but actively engages the reader in the emotional toll of coming out. … More Like A Hurricane by Jonathan Bécotte, transl. Jonathan Kaplansky
Review by Gabrielle Tselos Illustrated by Yong Ling Kang Tundra, April 4th, 2023 32 pages, hardcover, $23.99 CAD, 9780735271340 Ages 3-7 years Picture book, realistic fiction “My grandma was discombobulated by changes to her routine. But I was patient. Eventually, we found plans that worked for everyone.” The Care and Keeping of Grandmas tells the … More The Care and Keeping of Grandmas by Jennifer Mook-Sang, illus. by Yong Ling Kang
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 Orca Book Publishers, October 18, 2022 192 pages, paperback, $12.95 CAD, 9781459835580 Middle Grade, ages 9-12, grades 4-7 Fiction, Historical Fiction Abby stops talking and looks at me. Her face says Can I help you with something? Even though she doesn’t speak. I smile sweetly at her. “What, no white friends … More Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer
Review by Gabrielle Tselos Candlewick Press, 2020 40 pages, ISBN: 9780763697419, Hardcover, $24.99 CAD Ages 5-8 years Picture Book, Fantasy Nate Gadol was a great big spirit who had eyes as shiny as golden coins and a smile that was lantern- bright. In answer to people’s prayers, he made things last as long as they … More The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol by Arthur A. Levine, illus. Kevin Hawkes
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 Ash 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
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