Showing posts with label foster care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foster care. Show all posts
August 05, 2026

Go

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Written by Deborah Ellis Groundwood Books 978-1-77946-133-9 224 pp. Ages 9–12 June, 2026    What does the word "go" mean to you? I...
April 28, 2023

The Woman and Her Bear Cub

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Adapted and retold by Jaypeetee Arnakak Illustrated by Dayna B. Griffiths Inhabit Media 978-1-772274660 36 pp. Ages 3-6 April 2023   Many ch...
October 24, 2022

Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of)

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Written and illustrated by Kathleen Gros Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins) 978-0-06-305766-1 304 pp. Ages 8-13 October 2022   This is not L. ...
August 04, 2022

Jasper's Road

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Written by Susan White Acorn Press 978-1-773660981 164 pp. Ages 8-12 May 2022 There are families by birth and those by invention. And someti...
May 13, 2021

Thanks A Lot, Universe

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Written by Chad Lucas Amulet Books (Abrams) 978-1-4197-5102-8 288 pp. Ages 10-15 May 2021  Thanks a Lot, Universe is the story of two boys...
September 10, 2020

The King of Jam Sandwiches

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Written by Eric Walters Orca Book Publishers 978-1-4598-2556-7 312 pp. Ages 8-12 September 2020 This was a difficult story ...
December 09, 2019

My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders

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Written by Deborah Ellis Groundwood Books 978-1-77306-121-4 224 pp. Ages 13+ October 2019 Reviewed from advance reading copy ...
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September 29, 2019

Just Lucky

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Written by Melanie Florence Second Story Press 978-77260-104-6 248 pp. Ages 13-18 September 2019 Though the beginning of her life ...
January 16, 2019

Red River Resistance (A Girl Called Echo Vol. 2)

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Written by Katherena Vermette Illustrated by Scott B. Henderson Colour by Donovan Yaciuk HighWater Press 978-1-55379-747-0 49 p...
February 20, 2018

Ophelia

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Written by Charlotte Gingras Illustrated by Daniel Sylvestre Translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou Groundwood Books ...
October 06, 2017

The Disappearance

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Written by Gillian Chan Annick Press 978-1-55451-983-5 197 pp. Ages 12+ September 2017 The who of the disappearance is Jacob...
December 07, 2016

Saving Stevie

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Written by Eve Richardson Red Deer Press 978-0-88995-540-0 228 pp. Ages 14-17 November 2016 When her obnoxious older sister Ti...
March 01, 2016

Elliot

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by Julie Pearson Illustrated by Manon Gauthier Translated by Erin Woods Pajama Press 978-1-927485-85-9 32 pp. Ages 5-8 For ...
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September 11, 2013

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley

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by Jan Andrews Great Plains Teen Fiction 978-1-926531-68-7 200 pp. Ages 12-15 2013 This year in January I had the pleasure of ...
March 04, 2013

Shadow Girl

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by Patricia Morrison Tundra Books 978-1-77049-290-5 217 pp. Ages 9-13 2013 A recurring theme in many books I've read in the pas...
July 29, 2012

I'll Be Home Soon

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by Luanne Armstrong Ronsdale Press 978-1-55380-180-1 200 pp. Ages 10+ Available September, 2012 Gritty girls have become the new he...
June 10, 2012

The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls

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Written by John Lekich Orca Book Publishers 978-1554699780 280 pp. Ages 11+ 2012 Reviewed from e book  978-15546998...