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Category Archives: Death and Mourning

Review: The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings

July 7, 2016by Janet 2 Comments

The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel by Patti LaBoucane-Benson; art by Kelly Mellings. Publisher: House of Anansi Press Publication date: spring 2015 Why you need to read this graphic novel: […]

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#weneeddiversebooks, Abuse, Bullying, Canadian, Crossover, Death and Mourning, Discrimination, Diverse, Diversity, Graphic Novels, History, Racism, Racism, Social Issues

Review: Black Apple by Joan Crate

April 7, 2016by Janet 1 Comment

Black Apple by Joan Crate Published by Simon & Schuster Source: publisher This is what the publisher says (I received an ARC, so the back copy on my book might […]

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Abuse, Bullying, Canadian, Death and Mourning, Discrimination, Historical Fiction, Racism, Review, School Stories

Review: The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden by Jill MacLean

March 10, 2016by Janet 2 Comments

  What am I more afraid of? Prinny drowning on the reef? Or Tate and Mel? (p. 16) Sigrid Sugden is a Shrike. She, Tate, and Mel blackmail their schoolmates, […]

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Abuse, Bullying, Canadian, Death and Mourning, Friendship, middle grade, Monster Girls, Realistic Fiction

Team Avatar, Detectives at Your Service

January 28, 2016by Janet 2 Comments

It’s no secret that I’m a huge admirer of Avatar: the Last Airbender, tv show and comics both, so pardon me while I fangirl a little, and bear with my semi-academic […]

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Abuse, Comedy, Comics, Death and Mourning, Diversity, Fantasy, Friendship, Graphic Novels, Love Triangle, Mental Illness, middle grade, War

In Other Words, Marvelous: The Girl is Murder

January 14, 2016by Janet 1 Comment

What’s the story, morning glory? The Girl is Murder* by Kathryn Miller Haines is set in New York City, autumn 1942. Following her adored mother’s suicide and the return of […]

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Death and Mourning, Detectives, Discrimination, Historical Fiction, Mystery, School Stories, War

Janet Recommends: Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan

December 31, 2015by Janet Leave a comment

Sooooo I should have written this post last month but life interfered. The real problem, though, was finding words enough for Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan. “If you can’t be beautiful […]

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Abuse, Canadian, Cinderella, Death and Mourning, Diverse, Friendship, middle grade

Nafiza Recommends: Chime by Franny Billingsley

November 26, 2015by Janet 2 Comments

I’d better start with a confession, Nafiza: the first time I read Chime, I didn’t like it. I mean, I got why you did: the atmosphere of the setting; the little […]

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Abuse, Death and Mourning, Ghosts, Historical Fiction, Magical Creatures, Mystery, Supernatural Creatures, YA Romance, Young Adult

Retelling: Cruel Sisters: short story from song

October 8, 2015by Janet 6 Comments

The bare bones of the Twa Sisters ballad goes something like this:* two sisters walk by the water’s edge the elder pushes the younger in the younger sister drowns Most variants, […]

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Death and Mourning, Folklore, Music, Retellings, Short Stories, Short Story

Snapshot: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

August 13, 2015by Janet Leave a comment

Let’s step back in time back to last month’s theme of verse novels and take a look at Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust. The setting is a small farm in […]

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Death and Mourning, Historical Fiction, Out of Theme, Verse Novel

Deborah Ellis: Reading to Survive: Children, War, and Books

March 6, 2015by Janet 1 Comment

“We all need courage.” Your roving reporter here! Last night, Deborah Ellis spoke at the Brighouse branch of the Richmond Public Library. She spoke about why she wrote the books […]

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Bookish Events, Canadian, canadian ya authors, Death and Mourning, Nonfiction, Realistic Fiction, War

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