Newly Evaluated Novels – August 2, 2018
Armstrong & Charlie
In 1970s U.S., with school segregation still rampant, Armstrong and Charlie…
Diamond Grill
This semi-fictional biography of Fred Wah’s life in Saskatchewan and Nelson…
Disappearing Boy, The
Thirteen-year-old Neil must deal with incredibly complex family relationshi…
Exact Location of Home, The
Eighth-grade student Zig’s life is complicated: his parents are divorced, h…
Exit West
Nadia and Saeed, two students who are just beginning a relationship, are ca…
Findings Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science
The stories of three women scientists from the 16th-18th centuries—astronom…
Forever, or a Long, Long Time
Eleven-year-old Flora and her brother Julian were abandoned by their mother…
Forgetting, The
In the city of Canaan chaos occurs every twelve years when everyone loses t…
Hear and Foretell
This collection of poetry by a Canadian First Nations author deals with his…
Heaviness of Things that Float, The
Bernadette Perkal, a nurse who has worked for forty years in a First Nation…
Inquisitor’s Tale, The: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Three very different children – William an oblate, Jacob a Jewish boy, and …
Life We Bury, The
College student Joe Talvert must write the autobiography of a person who li…
Little Fires Everywhere
In the1990s, Elena Richardson and her family live in a designed “progressiv…
Lost in September
Former soldier Jimmy Blanchard suffers from PTSD and has breaks from realit…
Magician’s Elephant, The
In historical Baltese, when orphan Peter spends his food money on a fortune…
Natural History of Dragons, A
Lady Isabella reflects on her life beginning when she is young, loves natur…
Outrun the Moon
Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong, a Chinese-American girl living in San Francisc…
Side Tracked
Grade seven student Joseph lives with ADD and anticipatory anxiety coupled …
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Teenager Jojo, son of a white father and a black mother, is a dedicated bro…
Snicker of Magic, A
Felicity Pickle and her sister Frannie Jo have lived in many towns across t…
