YA Posts
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Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2016 Children's Book Preview
Gorgeous picture books, middle -grade books to get kids hooked on reading, and hard-hitting YA titles.
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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Dystopian YA
Strong female characters dominate these dystopian tales for teens, with common themes of environmental decay, orphanhood, and the question of knowing …
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Colleen Nelson's Anti-Bullying Booklist
These are stories that can empower readers to "stand up to bullying" once and for all.
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Shelf Talkers: September 2015
I thought I had it all worked out: keep the book in your lap, and glance down to read when the teacher’s not looking. Keep the book you want to read …
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Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2015 Books for Young People Preview
Canadian children's literature has never been so good.
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BC Books From the Lower Mainland (Kids/Teens)
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Magnetic North, by Jeff Norton
How an author's memories influenced the final book in his YA fantasy series.
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Cover Reveal! Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra
We are ridiculously excited to to reveal the cover of this forthcoming novel.
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Suri Rosen on YA and Making the Possible … Possible
Sometimes we need a different kind of world-building in YA.
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Middle-Grade Mojo, by Jeff Norton
Jeff Norton on why middle-grade reading is so much fun—and so important.