Fifth book in a graphic novel series for 8-12-year-olds is light on levity and quite detailed about a serious rivalry between former friends. Our reviewer found the tone altogether too sour for his taste. —Brett Josef Grubisic reviews PAWS: The Trouble with Leo, by Nathan Fairbairn (illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn) (Toronto: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2026) $17.99 / 9780593695852
First published September 18, 2017 REVIEW: The Nor’ Wester by David Starr Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2017. $11.95 978-1-55380-493-2 Reviewed by Steve Pocock David Starr’s The Nor’Wester, for young readers, introduces us to fifteen-year-old Duncan Scott, a young highlander evicted with his sister and parents from their rural cottage during the Highland Clearances in the early nineteenth…
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First published August 30, 2017 REVIEW: The Most Dangerous Thing by Leanne Lieberman Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2017 $14.95 9781459811843 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw Sixteen-year-old Sydney lives in and out of the Fog — a word she uses to describe the smothering depression and anxiety that so often takes hold of her. But she’s trying;…
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