*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Why I’m HereAuthor: Jill FraynePublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: May 2022ISBN: 978-1-77439-049-8 Synopsis from Goodreads:Fifteen-year-old Gale is desperate to get out of Whitehorse, a fact that is immediately clear to counsellor Helen Cotillard when Gale walks into her office with her reluctant stepmother.Continue reading “Book Review: Why I’m Here by Jill Frayne”
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Book Review: Something More by Jackie Khalilieh
*I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Something MoreAuthor: Jackie KhaliliehPublisher: TundraPublication Date: June 6, 2023ISBN: 9781774882139 Synopsis:Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep herContinue reading “Book Review: Something More by Jackie Khalilieh”
Book Review: Rose Addams by Margie Taylor
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Rose AddamsAuthor: Margie TaylorPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: April 15, 2023ISBN: 9781774390696 Synopsis:Rose Addams is hitting her sixties, but these days it feels like they’re starting to hit back… Her daughter, Morgan, has ditched her thesis program and moved back home to Vancouver,Continue reading “Book Review: Rose Addams by Margie Taylor”
Book Review: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: The Summer of Bitter and SweetAuthor: Jen FergusonPublisher: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersPublication Date: May 10, 2022ISBN: 978-63086180 Synopsis: Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She’ll be working in her family’s ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend—whoseContinue reading “Book Review: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson”
Book Review: The Broken Places by Frances Peck
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: The Broken PlacesAuthor: Frances PeckPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: April 2022ISBN: 9781774390450 ——— Synopsis:Vancouver. A day like any other. Kyle, a successful cosmetic surgeon, is punishing himself with a sprint up a mountain. Charlotte, wife of a tech tycoon, is combing the farmContinue reading “Book Review: The Broken Places by Frances Peck”
Book Review: Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Tracking the Caribou QueenAuthor: Margaret MacphersonPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: October 15, 2022ISBN: 9781774390610 ——- Synopsis:In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexaminedContinue reading “Book Review: Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson”
Book Review: Moose’s Roof by Jennifer Maruno
Title: Moose’s RoofAuthor: Jennifer MarunoIllustrator: Laurel KeatingPublisher: Breakwater BooksPublication Date: March 2017ISBN: 9781771031004 Synopsis: Until he discovered a park pavilion, Moose never knew life beneath a roof. His friends Beaver, Bear and Squirrel, however, all seemed to be roof experts. Moose decides to put his antlers to good use. With his friends’ help, he soonContinue reading “Book Review: Moose’s Roof by Jennifer Maruno”
Book Review: Throwaway Daughter by Ting-Xing Ye
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Throwaway DaughterAuthor: Ting-Xing YePublisher: TundraPublication Date: May 03, 2022ISBN: 9781774880340 Synopsis:Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from theContinue reading “Book Review: Throwaway Daughter by Ting-Xing Ye”
Book Review: An Idea About My Dead Uncle by K.R. Wilson
*I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.*Title: An Idea About My Dead Uncle Author: K.R. WilsonPublisher: Guernica EditionsPublication Date: September 1, 2019ISBN: 9781771834513 Synopsis:An Idea About My Dead Uncle is about the identities we choose and the ones that are imposed on us. It is about being on theContinue reading “Book Review: An Idea About My Dead Uncle by K.R. Wilson”
Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie
Title: GreenwoodAuthor: Michael ChristiePublisher: McClelland & StewartPublication Date: September 4, 2019ISBN: 9780771024450 Synopsis from Goodreads:They come for the trees. It is 2038. As the rest of humanity struggles through the environmental collapse known as the Great Withering, scientist Jake Greenwood is working as an overqualified tour guide on Greenwood Island, a remote oasis of thousand-year-old trees.Continue reading “Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie”
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