When the Clouds Came

Illustrated By: Elaine Chen

In this lyrical picture book about a Chinese family, the sky tries to hold in the clouds just like the boy holds in his worries about his grandmother's health. When she passes away, the sky lets out all the rain—and helps the boy finally express his grief.

Briarwood

Callie Garcia thought she would finally get to experience summer camp — campfires, kayaking, and crafts. But Camp Briarwood has other plans. Thrown into a perilous game of cat and mouse between inventors and frauds, Callie’s scientific mind is the only thing that can save the camp.

Reflection

Introduction by: Dr. Rosie Ramsden

Hedy Bohm is a Jewish teenager from Oradea, Romania, who survives Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Fallersleben concentration camp, where she is a forced laborer at the Volkswagen factory. After liberation, Hedy, now an orphan, escapes from Communist Hungary to Canada, where she starts a family and becomes involved in Holocaust education.

Flavie

Illustrated By: Julie Fontaine Ferron

Quand la remarque cruelle d'une camarade fait douter Flavie que sa petite taille l'empêche de réussir ou de poursuivre ses rêves, elle découvre qu'être « adulte » n'a rien à voir avec la grandeur.

The Right to Be Wrong

The allure of us-versus-them fundamentalism is not unique to any single political persuasion or ideological viewpoint. But what do we lose if we all lose the freedom to disagree and learn from our mistakes? The Right to Be Wrong is a vigorous defence of independent thinking in an increasingly intolerant world.

Busted

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Jonah inadvertently records a video of two of his hockey teammates play fighting. When one of them is seriously hurt, Jonah is conflicted about what to do.

Checked Out

In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, queer seventh-grader Seth finds himself taking a stand when his conservative classmate sabotages the Pride display in his middle-school library.

Color in Nature

Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book examines how animals use color for survival.

The Curse of Heartwood Academy

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, fifteen-year-old Allie must spend the night in a haunted forest when the senior students at her new school force her into an initiation ritual.

Gone Forever?

Illustrated By: Xulin Wang

Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book introduces young people to places around the world that could disappear because of the effects of human-caused climate change.

My Language Is a Garden

Illustrated By: Rachel Wada

In this picture book, with a story told in rhyming verse, a parent tells their child about their heritage language and all that it represents, from ancient knowledge and medicines to exploration of the cosmos, and how by sharing this language, their hearts will be connected always.