![The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/nevermoor-1.jpg?fit=275%2C400&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Preamble This post sat in my drafts for just over a year. Cybils judging introduced me to Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow in January 2019. I had heard some buzz around the book prior to that. I thought it couldn’t possibly be as good as everyone made it out to be. Hah! Well. I had good intentions to review the book after it was announced the Cybils winner, but […]
![My Favourite Middle Grade Read of 2020: The Girl and the Ghost [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the-girl-and-the-ghost-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
The Girl and the Ghostby Hanna AlkafSource: Purchase/ HardcoverPublished: Aug. 2020Publisher: HarperCollins CanadaLength: 288 pages Genre: Ghost/folk taleTarget Age: 9+#OwnVoices: Author and protagonist are Muslim Malay Summary 💬 Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn’t know that pelesits have a dark side—and when Pink’s shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light […]
![Bloom: A Thrilling Start to this Speculative Fiction Trilogy [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bloom-hatch-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Bloom/Hatchby Kenneth OppelSource: ebook/libraryPublished: 10 Mar./15 Sept.Publisher: HarperCollins CanadaLength: 320/384 pages Series: The OverthrowGenre: Scifi thrillerTarget Age: Upper middle grade (suitable for 11+) Summary 💬 The invasion begins–but not as you’d expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout–overnight, everywhere. These new plants take over crop fields, twine up houses, and burrow below streets. They bloom–and release toxic pollens. They bloom–and form Venus flytrap-like pods that swallow animals and people. They […]
![8 Quotes from I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life [NF Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/id-rather-be-reading-post-banner-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
I’d Rather Be Readingby Anne BogelSource: ebook/ LibraryPublished: Sept. 2018Publisher: Baker Books (Baker Publishing Group)Length: 156 pages Genre: Non-fiction (essays/memoir)Target Age: Adult (suitable for 14+) For so many people, reading isn’t just a hobby or a way to pass the time–it’s a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can’t imagine life without them. I’d […]
![Black Water: A Memoir of “Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory” [NF Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/black-water.jpg?fit=432%2C648&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
The son of a Cree father and a non-Indigenous mother, David A. Robertson was raised with virtually no knowledge or understanding of his family’s Indigenous roots. His father, Don, spent his early childhood on a trapline in the bush northeast of Norway House, Manitoba, where his first teach was the land. When his family was moved permanently to a nearby reserve, Don was not permitted to speak Cree at school […]