The Truth Commission By Susan Juby As the subtitle explains, this is the story of “how three intrepid art students got to the bottom of one unexpectedly dark secret.” Normandy Pale is a student at a prestigious art high school in Nanaimo,  Everyone has secrets, and rumours are everywhere.  Normandy and her two best friends […]

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard For 17-year-old Mare, life is determined by the colour of your blood.  Silvers have money, prestige, and special abilities.  Reds have nothing, and are destined to a life of servitude and military service, fighting a war that never seems to end.  Mare is a Red, and spends her days pickpocketing […]

by Gayle Forman18-year-old Cody’s world is shaken to the core when her best friend, Meg, commits suicide while away at college. Cody and Meg were so close that they grew up like sisters, so it is no wonder that Cody’s grief is amplified by the fact she had no idea her best friend was suicidal. […]

AntigoddessBy Kendare BlakeAntigoddess is the first installment in a new series by Kendare Blake, acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood. This first in the Goddess War series. We are in a world where gods and goddesses live among us undetected. They always thought they were immortal until one day when they all start getting […]

By Cristin Terrill Em is being held prisoner on a secret military base. All that keeps her going is the voice of the boy in the cell next door and a list of instructions she finds inside the drain, written in her own handwriting. It appears that she and the neighbouring prisoner have made multiple […]

By Lance RubinIn the world Denton grows up in, everyone knows what day they are going to die, thanks to tests run at birth.  For some people, that day is when they are very old, and for others, it is when they are quite young.Denton is one of the people with an early death date. […]

I’ll give you the sunby Jandy Nelson Jude and Noah are fraternal twins and absolutely inseparable. They both love art, live carefree lives, and know that they have each other. But one day something happens and their relationship falls apart. Jude no longer wants her awkward brother around, and Noah doesn’t recognize his boy crazy […]

By Kiera CassI’m not going to lie: I picked this book up based solely on the gorgeous cover. Turns out, I became so hooked on the story that I’m now a tiny bit obsessed with this series by Kiera Cass.In a newly formed nation called Illea, citizens are born into a strict caste system that rarely allows for […]

By Kass MorganI have been watching the T.V series connected to this novel from the first episode. I was excited when the library received the novel hoping to compare. I was very surprised to read and discover that while there are similarities there are even more differences. Character’s names and occupations are different and the […]