by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Hopeless in Hope Wanda John-KehewinPublisher: HighWater Press Book Description We live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town named Hope. This is the oldest part of Hope; eventually it will all be torn down and...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Obaasan’s Boots Janis Bridger and Lara Jean OkihiroPublisher: Second Story Press Book Description Cousins Lou and Charlotte don’t know a lot about their grandmother’s life. When their Obaasan invites them to spend the day in her garden, she also invites them into...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Rise Up and Sing! Power, Protest, and Activism in Music Andrea Warner, illustrated by Louise ReimerPublisher: Greystone Books Book Description In Rise Up and Sing!, Andrea Warner explores how music has contributed to the fight for social justice. Across eight areas...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Pine Island Visitors Polly HorvathPublisher: Puffin Canada Book Description Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family. Fiona, Marlin, Natasha and Charlie McCready have been adopted by their unlikely guardian, Al, and finally settled...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Out of the Dark Julie LawsonPublisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited Book Description A follow-up of the bestselling, Geoffrey Bilson Award—and Victoria Book Prize—nominated A Blinding Light, focusing on the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion and the onset of the Great...