Tag Archives: Canada

Terrifying Monsters: Let the Monster Out and Secret of the Shadow Beasts

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Katy K.

Here are two books for the fall season, where two group of kids must fight very different monsters in very different ways. Continue reading →

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3 More Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Finalists

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Katy K.

Onwards with my reading of this year’s Cybils middle grade fiction finalists with reviews of Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas, A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus and Linked by Gordon Korman! Continue reading →

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The Copycat by Wendy McLeod MacKnight

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Katy K.

Here’s a school- and family-focused contemporary fantasy for fans of fantasy and realistic fiction. Continue reading →

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Graphic Novels: This Place, Guts, Best Friends

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Katy K.

Here’s my #CybilsReadDown Reckoning, plus reviews of three don’t-miss graphic novels (one YA, two middle grade) – This Place:150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm,  Sonny Assu, and Brandon Mitchell et al., Guts by Raina Telgemeier, and Best Friends by Shannon Hale. Continue reading →

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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Katy K.

Take your Native reading into the future with a gut-wrenching, thought-provoking post-apocalyptic teen book – The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. Continue reading →

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The Frame-Up by Wendy McLeod MacKnight

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Katy K.

The Frame-Up by Wendy McLeod MacKnight. Greenwillow Books, 2018. Here’s a book based around a real art museum, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in New Brunswick.  It’s built around an intriguing, Hogwarts-like concept – the people in paintings can come to … Continue reading →

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That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Katy K.

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston. Penguin Random House, 2017 Welcome to a retro-futuristic present day, where the reign of Victorias never ended, thanks to the first Victoria’s making matches for her children on every continent. This blends together … Continue reading →

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Dominion by Shane Arbuthnott

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Katy K.

My catching up with books I read for the Cybils continues… Dominion by Shane Arbuthnott. Orca, 2017. Twelve-year-old Molly Stout lives and works on her family’s airship, the Legerdemain, along with her father and two older brothers. Following the legacy … Continue reading →

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The Painting by Charis Cotter

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Katy K.

Here is another creepy, atmospheric story from the author of 2015 Cybils finalist The Swallow: a Ghost Story. The Painting by Charis Cotter. Tundra Books, 2017. In the present day, our heroine, Annie, is struggling with her mother being in … Continue reading →

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