![Beatrix Potter Has Never Been More Terrifying [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/scary-stories-for-young-foxes.jpg?fit=307%2C475&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
I read Scary Stories for Young Foxes over two days in late October. As an autumn read, the book delighted me. The stories offer some properly frightening, chills inducing scenes. If I described each story individually, they might sound like monster-of-the-week. But the progression of Mia and Uly’s journeys keeps them more interesting than that…
![A Saucy Cat and His Owner Take to the Road in this Contemporary Japanese Novel [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/the-travelling-cat-chronicles.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa Translator: Jay GabrielFormat/source: Hardcover/LibraryPublished: October 2018Publisher: VikingLength: 277 pages Genre: Contemporary fiction Target Age: Adult (suitable for 13+) #OwnVoices: N/A ★★★★ This novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru’s longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe . . . With his crooked tail–a sign of good fortune–and […]
![Baking with Brujas in the Love Sugar Magic Series [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/a-dash-of-trouble.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Love Sugar Magic Books 1 and 2 by Anna Meriano Title: A Dash of Trouble/A Sprinkle of SpiritsFormat: HardcoversSource: Library/purchasePublished: January 2019/February 2019Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 320/309 pages Genre: Contemporary magicTarget Age: 8+#OwnVoices: Biracial Latinx (Mexican-American)★★★★ Leonora Logroño’s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion. And no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival. Leo hopes […]
![Mom’s Upcoming Wedding to her Girlfriend Stirs Up a Small Community in This Chapter Book [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/my-mixed-up-berry-blue-summer.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari Format/source: Hardcover/LibraryPublished: May 2012Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 119 pages Genre: Historical fiction Target Age: 8+ #OwnVoices: Unknown (lesbian rep) ★★★★ Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thing—she’s great at making pies—and she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition. But a backlash against Vermont’s civil union law threatens her family’s security and their business. Even when faced with bullying, […]
![The Wise and the Wicked Wasn’t for Me [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-wise-and-the-wicked.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos Format/source: ARC/ALA MidwinterPublished: 28 May 2019 Publisher: Balzer + BrayLength: 357 pages Genre: Contemporary fabulismTarget Age: Young adult#OwnVoices: Unknown (Russian, Jewish, lesbian, bi, and trans rep)★★½ Ruby Chernyavsky has been told the stories since she was a child: The women in her family, once possessed of great magical abilities to remake lives and stave off death itself, were forced to flee their Russian home for America in order to escape the […]