
On the Edge by Lesley Strutt
Do you really have the courage to change your life? That’s what fourteen-year-old Emma has to decide when she finds out her mother is not...
Do you really have the courage to change your life? That’s what fourteen-year-old Emma has to decide when she finds out her mother is not...
How would you handle discovering a secret world? A world full of unimaginable danger, but beauty as well? Would you tell everyone about your find...
Where do you go when you can’t follow your dream? Stuart and Sam, both love to run – Sam on the high school basketball team...
Who can you trust during a war? This is the question Krystia struggles with in Don’t Tell the Enemy by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. When the...
Nothing says summer like ice cream! But Gerald struggles with sharing his ice cream with his best friend Piggie. Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie series...
What if all you trusted was a lie? Marivic couldn’t wait to be winnowed; she read the Barton Guide from cover to cover anticipating the...
What happens to the survivors? When Jesse commits a horrific crime, surviving is what his younger brother Henry has to figure out. Using a journal...
How do you break free from your destiny? Music has been part of Imogene’s life as long as she can remember – as a child...
With Mothers’ Day just around the corner, I thought I would share some of my favourite read-aloud books about mothers and their babies. The classic...
How do you stay true to your beliefs when growing up? This is the dilemma facing Sadia, a fifteen-year-old devout Muslim navigating high school, friends,...
What does red smell like? Or green taste like? This wonderfully imaginative book explores how color can be sensed when it cannot be seen. From...
What would you do if everything just stopped? Everything relying on electricity or a computer chip doesn’t work anymore – no lights, no phones, no...
Yesterday was International Day of the Book, so it felt fitting to highlight It’s a Book by Lane Smith. A conversation between a reader and...