Gabrielle is an award winning writer, teacher and designer living in Vancouver, Canada. She writes picture books, middle grade, and YA contemporary and historical novels as Gabrielle Prendergast. Her science fiction and fantasy is published as G.S. Prendergast. … More 5 Questions for Gabrielle Prendergast
Review by Sara Francoeur
After the sudden death of their missionary parents, the four McCready sisters between the ages of eight and fourteen are sent from their home in Borneo to faraway west-coast Canada to live in a seaside village on fictional Pine Island. Upon arrival, they find themselves on their own again. … More Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath
Happy March, dear readers! The days are getting longer, spring definitely seems to be in the air, and we’ve got plenty of things for you to read and enjoy: industry news, events, and a genre feature on Hi-Lo books! … More YAing News: Week of Mar. 8
Review by Katie Gaston
What’s it like to be a K-pop star? Most of us will never know, but one of the world’s most famous K-pop singers, the legendary Jessica Jung, can help us imagine. … More Shine by Jessica Jung
Review by Shyamala Parthasarathy
First published in South Africa back in 2012, This Book Betrays My Brother follows the life of Naledi, a young teenage girl growing up there in the nineties. She loves her brother, Basi, and all things feminine, but the novel’s title is, as you’ve guessed, as much a spoiler as a warning. … More This Book Betrays My Brother by Kagiso Lesego Molope
We hope you’re all doing okay and staying safe and warm! Spring is just around the corner… right? We’re going to be optimistic. … More YAing News: Week of Feb. 22
Akem is an artist and writer. Her short stories have appeared in Pulp Literature, Polar Borealis, and the Capilano Review. She illustrated Brown Sugar Babe, a picture book published in Feb 2020 that received great reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and Black Nerd Problems. … More 5 Questions for Akem
Review by Rachel Jung
Imagine a small, fragile bead the size of your fist that contains your entire life energy (gi). Now, imagine that one day, its existence only becomes known to you after a messy interaction with a monster ejects it from your body and into the hands of a stranger. … More Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
Review by Logaine Navascués
Sons can bring good fortune and prosperity to a Taiwanese family, so what could be better than having ten of them? But if we look a little more closely, we see that their quiet sister also shines, despite growing up in the shadow of her siblings. … More Ten Little Dumplings by Larissa Fan, Illustrated by Cindy Wume
Review by Hira Peracha
Loss and addiction have a way of overpowering your thoughts. When it seems like the only option available, you sometimes have to seek help from strangers. Kipp learns the hard way that not everyone has good intentions. … More Stranded by Jocelyn Shipley
