![Cybils 2018 Finalists: Sweep and Stone Girl [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sweep-auxier-1.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Yup, I’m finally clearing this post out of my drafts… Sweep by Jonathan Auxier For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys”–orphans owned by chimney sweeps–to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless […]
![March 26 MG Releases: The Size of the Truth + The Rambling [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-size-of-the-truth.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Size of the Truth by Andrew Smith When he was four years old, Sam Abernathy was trapped at the bottom of a well for three days, where he was teased by a smart-aleck armadillo named Bartleby. Since then, his […]
![Divergent Dungeons in Two Middle Grade Novels [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cybils-2018-sidebar-logo.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1){kind=logo}
Both of these books were shortlisted for the 2018 Cybils award in the category middle grade speculative fiction. Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain by Zac Gorman In the absurd land of Nth, Thisby Thestoop can be found within the […]
![Spooky Sequels: The Island of Monsters + A Festival Of Ghosts [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/island-of-monsters.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Island of Monsters by Ellen Oh The follow up to 2017’s Spirit Hunters, The Island of Monsters takes Harper and her multiracial family on a Halloween vacation to a tropical island with a gruesome past. Harper must use her […]
![The Children’s Home + 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-CHildrens-HOme-196x300.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert In a sprawling estate, willfully secluded, lives Morgan Fletcher, the disfigured heir to a fortune of mysterious origins. Morgan spends his days in quiet study, avoiding his reflection in mirrors and the lake at the […]