Review by Micah Killjoy
Should Calvin and Hobbes endure as art 30 years later? Spoiler: yes, but it’s never simple. … More The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson
Review by Claudine Yip
Shannon Takaoka’s debut novel Everything I Thought I Knew poses a fascinating spectrum of What ifs. What if a new heart could change a person’s personality? What if the dreams you’ve been working towards your whole life lose their appeal? … More Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka
Review by Claudine Yip
Who says real life can’t hold as many fantasies as fiction? A family of dreamers lies at the core of this biographical picture book. … More Flying Paintings: The Zhou Brothers: A Story of Revolution and Art by Amy Alznauer, illustrated by ShanZuo Zhou and DaHuang Zhou
It’s the November edition of the YAing news! Read on for interviews, reviews, and exciting events. … More YAing News: Week of Nov. 8
Review by Hira Peracha
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen is a mystical story inspired by West African mythology. … More Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
Review by Lisa Mathewson
Quick, how many female politicians can you name? … More In Good Hands by Stephanie MacKendrick
Fall is here, and so is a new edition of the YAing newsletter! We’ve got author interviews, skeletons, spooky ghosts, and book recommendations. … More YAing News: Week of Oct. 11
Review by Logaine Navascués
What is home? Is it a place? A people? A refuge? Or the memory of a smell you can almost taste? For Salma, a young Syrian girl who just immigrated to Canada, it’s all that and more: it means making her Mama smile again.
… More Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan, Illustrated by Anna Bron
Review by Hira Peracha
The Tox—A parasite, a plague, a disease. It affects every single person and thing at Raxter School for Girls, but, some more than others. … More Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Review by Louise Brecht
As overcome by sorrow as Saskia is in the opening pages of The Bone Thief, she is fiercely determined to avenge the loss of her loved ones and to stop the man responsible for their disappearance dead in his tracks…if she can find him. … More The Bone Thief by Breeana Shields
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