September 03, 2019

Triple book launch: Burlington and Toronto, ON

Three new books are launching at two different events!  
That's multiple opportunities to purchase new books and 
get them signed while celebrating new volumes of youngCanLit.

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Join authors

Joanne Levy

Angela Misri

Bev Katz Rosenbaum

for the launch their newest novels for young readers.

Double Trouble
 Written by Joanne Levy
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-4598-2133-0
132 pp.
Ages 9-12
August 2019

Victoria Adelman is lonely. Her best friend has moved away, leaving her to spend the summer alone. One day, on her way home from a bat mitzvah, she meets Jazzy, her next-door neighbors’ granddaughter. Tori hopes her friendless status is about to change.

Later, in her garden, she meets Jazzy again, but Jazzy doesn’t recognize the filthy, smelly girl as the one she met earlier. In a moment of insecurity, Tori tells Jazzy that the girl she met before was her twin sister, Vicky. Tori is sure she can fake being that girl in the dress—it’s only for two weeks.

But then Jazzy announces she’s staying with her grandparents for the school year. Tori needs to figure out what to do: come clean and lose her new friend, or live her life as a fake. 
(From Orca Book Publishers at 



Pickles vs. the Zombies
Written by Angela Misri
DCB
978-1770865587
192 pp.
Ages 9-12
September 2019

The comfortable life of Pickles, the calico housecat, is turned upside down when humans succumb to a zombie apocalypse. She doesn’t know where her “pet” – human child Connor – has gone, only that there are zombies everywhere.

Determined to find Connor, Pickles sets off with her cat friends and a streetwise raccoon, exploring a world she has only seen through a window. Fending off human zombies, street cats from the wrong side of the track, and a fearsome gang of chipmunks, Pickles and her crew search for remnants of human society. 
(From DCB at 



Who is Tanksy? 
Written by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-4598-2085-2
128 pp.
Ages 9-12
August 2019

Fourteen-year-old Tanya Kofsky is invisible. She hates that no one listens to her, at home or at her new school. So as student elections get underway, Tanya starts secretly painting controversial images on the walls of the school. Soon everyone is talking about this amazing artist with a lot to say.

The election results turn out to be a catalyst for more rebellion. And not just from students. Teachers, tired of the principal's authoritarian leadership, start promoting self-expression. Even the lunch ladies join in, ignoring the strictly controlled menu and serving more nutritious and culturally diverse fare.

But can this revolution effect real change? Or will speaking up lead to complete disaster? 
(From Orca Book Publishers at



on 


Saturday, September 7, 2019
2-4 p.m.

A Different Drummer Books
513 Locust St.
Burlington, ON


&


Sunday, September 8, 2019
2-4 p.m.

Indigo Yonge & Eglinton 
2300 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON
 

Take in one or both events for a chance to pick up some great reads for middle-graders and to chat with Canadian authors of books for young readers.

 

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