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Stealing Home by J Torres and David Namisato
Stealing Home, a graphic novel by J Torres and David Namisato is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming historical fiction about a Japanese child named Sandy Saito. Sandy lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is obsessed with baseball. He’s especially proud of the Asahi team, the pride of everyone in the Japanese community. One day, however, everything flips on its end and his life isn’t so great anymore. In fact, it might even be downright miserable. What happened? The bombing of Pearl Harbor. From this day on, Sandy’s life and the lives of all the Japanese in North America will never be…
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The Takeout by Tracy Badua
“The Takeout” by Tracy Badua is a remarkable novel about cooking with a little drop of magic mixed in. A new restaurant down the road has just been opened by the celebrity cooking brothers, the Darlington’s, and everyone in the town of Coral Beach hopes that this shop might be able to revive their dying town. However, when Mila first goes there for the grand opening, she knows something isn’t right. The food there tastes exactly the same as at her family’s Filipino Indian food truck, the Banana Leaf. This restaurant was going to do the opposite of what Mila…
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The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker
“The Chance to Fly” by Ali Stroker is a captivating novel about a thirteen-year-old girl named Natalie (Nat) Beacon. Nat’s dream has always been to be a star on the stage, to perform for hundreds of people in the crowd, all with their eyes and ears on her. However, her parents would much rather she take up a sport she’s already exceptionally good at, wheelchair racing. Because of an accident Nat had, she’s been stuck in a wheelchair since right after she could walk. But when the family moves from California to a small town in what seems like the…
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Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss
Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss is a charming picture/comic book about a shy kid named Grace and her class guinea pig, Gus. Throughout the novel, Grace raises money through various activities such as performing and drawing to get Gus a buddy. However, the story isn’t the main focus of the book; instead, it’s the illustrations and various homages to some of the greatest comic books ever created.
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The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen is a magical graphic novel about a boy named Tien. Tien’s parents are refugees struggling to learn English and when Tien finds out that he’s gay, he doesn’t know how to come out to his parents in Vietnamese and worries that his parents won’t love him anymore if he tells them about it. However, there may be something they share, one language, the language of fairy tales.
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The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy
The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid is a whimsical novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis set in Paris, 1961. Twelve-year-old Charlie Fisher, a newcomer to the city, finds himself immersed in the world of the Whiz Mob of Paris, a secret society of child pickpockets. As Charlie learns the art of pickpocketing and experiences the thrill of their criminal exploits, he also grapples with the ethical implications of his actions. In this gripping tale of adventure and self-discovery, Charlie must navigate loyalty, friendship, and moral choices to find out what is really right for him.
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The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol
The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol is an enchanting novel about an apprentice witch named Arianwyn. Arianwyn is an apprentice witch living in the town of Lull, a place she has gotten used to over the couple of months she’s been there. However, how she got there is a long story. Before every witch is sent to guard over a town, they must take an evaluation, and unlike every single other witch at the evaluation, Arianwyn failed. And instead of being awarded a moon brooch, she is given the star brooch, and most likely only because her grandmother, a witch…
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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski is a stunning novel about a twelve-year-old girl called Flick Hudson. When Flick moves into a new town in the countryside, she finds a small store, called The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, filled with suitcases; suitcases filled with things called “schisms”, portals to another world. The store manager, a lonely eighteen-year-old boy named Jonathan, runs the establishment on his own after the death of his mother and the mysterious disappearance of his father, both caused by the bizarre schisms. At first, Flick has no interest in things such as this, but when Jonathan tells…
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The Explorer’s Code by Allison K. Hymas
The Explorer’s Code by Allison K. Hymas is a novel meant for anyone who loves puzzles as well as a perfect read. The novel is about three kids: Anna, a restless, adventurous girl, Charlie, Anna’s brother as well as a math whiz, and Emily, who is on a secret mission with her own parents to protect the mystery—and puzzle—in the book, a giant mansion owned by the sister and husband of the great explorer Virginia Maines. All three of them quickly realize the house isn’t quite as it seems. They all work to try and figure out the mansion’s many…
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The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart
Wondrous, glorious, magnificent. Three words that mean the same thing, but would all perfectly describe The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart. The novel is about a boy named Ravani, or Rav, Foster. Rav lives in the small town of Slaughterville, aptly named for its infamous slaughterhouse, the town’s main source of income. Most of the time, it seems that Rav is also in a slaughterhouse being bullied constantly by Donnie Carter. He’s bullied for the birdhouses that he builds, bullied for not having any friends, and bullied just because Donnie feels like it. However, when a group of seven children…
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