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The Explorer

Posted on: February 8, 2018 at 4:44 pm, in

The Explorer By Katherine Rundell In a small plane, four children travel over the Amazon jungle.  Each has a good reason to be on an excursion without their parents and will meet their adults at their destination.  But when the pilot has what appears to be a heart attack, Fred, Con, Lila and her little […]

All The Crooked Saints

Posted on: February 5, 2018 at 4:02 pm, in

All The Crooked SaintsBy Maggie Stiefvater Beatriz Soria is not only fiercely intelligent, she can also grant miracles.  So can her cousins, cool Joaquin and saintly Daniel.  In fact, all the Sorias have the power to grant miracles.  In Bicho Raro, Colorado, miracles are commonplace.  The Sorias are accustomed to “pilgrims” who come to them […]

The Hate U Give

Posted on: January 22, 2018 at 12:40 pm, in

The Hate U GiveThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Starr Carter lives in a poor black neighbourhood, but attends a white prep school in the suburbs. She lives two lives, one in each place, but one night these worlds threaten to collide as she becomes the sole witness to the shooting of her best friend, […]

Carson Crosses Canada

Posted on: December 21, 2017 at 8:36 pm, in

Carson Crosses CanadaBy Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich Annie and her dog Carson live in Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island.  When Annie decides to take a road trip to visit her sister in Newfoundland, Carson doesn’t realize how long it will take. The cross Canada adventure takes Annie and Carson through […]

Greenglass House

Posted on: December 21, 2017 at 7:04 pm, in

Greenglass HouseBy Kate Milford As Christmas approaches, twelve-year-old Milo Pine can’t wait for his vacation.  But plans to spend the holidays alone with his parents are thwarted as a series of unexpected guests arrives at Greenglass House, which doubles as a hotel. Each guest is unusual in his or her own way.  Georgie has blue […]

Red River Raging

Posted on: December 7, 2017 at 9:03 pm, in

Red River RagingBy Penny Draper Thirteen-year-old Finn Armstrong is a world traveler.  With a home base in Vancouver, Finn accompanies his parents on their international research trips.  This year he was supposed to go to Egypt, but instead he’s been sent to St. Agathe, Manitoba to stay with his grandmother and great-grandfather, known simply as […]

The Poet’s Dog

Posted on: November 6, 2017 at 6:24 pm, in

The Poet’s DogBy Patricia MacLachlan Siblings Flora and Nickel are lost in a snowstorm.  As the blizzard envelops them, someone comes to the rescue.  But Teddy is not your usual someone – he is a dog. Teddy takes the two children to his cabin.  The poet who used to take care of Teddy is gone, […]

Constable & Toop

Posted on: October 23, 2017 at 4:29 pm, in

Constable & ToopBy Gareth P. Jones Sam Toop is just a kid, but he’s the son of an undertaker and has been around death all his life.  Sam can also see ghosts, and London in the mid-1800s is filled with them.  Sam’s a Talker, and ghosts come to him for help with their unfinished business. […]

The Night Circus

Posted on: October 19, 2017 at 2:53 pm, in

The Night CircusBy Erin Morgenstern Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus is a spellbinding fairy tale of a novel.  Jumping back and forth through time, and moving from London to Cairo to Boston to Montreal, The Night Circus makes you feel as though magic is everywhere, if you just know where to look. Hector Bowen makes […]