Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Almost Invisible
Maya’s classmate Jewel is on the run from an abusive home situation and secretly living in the school. Should Maya tell? Or can she help her friend on her own? Told in the alternating voices of Maya ...
A Bubble
The artist and musician Geneviève Castrée’s last work—an expression of love, meant to last longer than words
Drawn near the end of her life, surrounded by the nature and calm of Anacortes, Washington, ...
Skating Over Thin Ice
In this expertly woven story, Jean Mills gives us a powerful coming-of-age story about what it’s like to be young, gifted, and exceptional, while still not knowing what lies ahead in life. Special interest: ...
Summer Constellations
Julia Ducharme is ready for a fresh start. Her little brother has finally recovered from a serious illness, and now she just wants to enjoy peak season at the campground her family owns. Maybe this will ...
The Outlaw
A small town lives in terror of the Outlaw, but one day, he disappears—and a mysterious stranger rides into town …
In this spare and powerful story set in the Old West, people in a small town live ...
Ben and the Scaredy-Dog
The newest book from this award-winning team takes a light-hearted but sincere approach to childhood anxiety. The new girl, Erv, has just moved in and Ben can’t wait to meet her, until he notices her ...
EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street
Sheree Fitch’s playful words lead you into this beautiful children’s book and invite you to celebrate our gifts, our weaknesses, our differences, and our sameness. Fitch displays her wit and mastery ...
I Was Cleopatra
The provocative fictional memoir of a boy actor in Shakespearian London. In I Was Cleopatra, readers meet John Rice—perhaps the most beautiful and acclaimed boy actor of them all. It is believed by ...
The Funeral
Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank’s funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad: she is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray. But at the church, she is confronted ...
Jonny Appleseed
2021 CANADA READS WINNER
WINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction; Amazon Canada First Novel Award; Indigenous Voices Award; ...