![Starlight: A Stunning Final Novel from Richard Wagamese [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Family2Breads2Bsmall.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Why we chose Richard Wagamese’s Starlight My dad and I previously read Wagamese’s novel Medicine Walk for a Family Reads discussion back in 2016. One day, Starlight came up while we were chatting (I think he had just placed it […]
![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 […]
![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 […]
![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 […]
January’s Result – Truthwitch by Susan Dennard Erm, so, does anyone remember this feature I do on occasion? 😂 Turns out I didn’t have the capacity to keep it going during my final semester. Now that that’s over, though, I […]