It takes determination and a positive attitude for Holly-Mei to adjust to her new world. But moving means a new life - and leaving the old one behind.

Amanda West Lewis is an Ontario writer, theatre director, calligrapher and drama teacher.

Missy's mother decides to make a fresh start and Missy's life will never be the same. Emilie Leduc is a Quebec-based graphic designer, animator and illustrator for various television series.īased on the author's own childhood, the book explores what happens when Missy's father grapples with drugs and addiction. Bill Richardson is an author and former television and radio presenter based in Vancouver. The book explores, through the child's eyes, what death and dignity can mean for children and their families. In Last Week, a child copes with dying and anger when their grandmother is close to death. KC Oster is an Ojibway-Anishinaabe comic artist and illustrator. Rabbit Chase is a middle-grade book that incorporates Anishinaabe culture with an Alice in Wonderland-type story. Juby's YA novels include The Fashion Committee, a book set in a competitive arts-focused secondary school. Other books include the memoir Nice Recovery, which chronicles Juby's battle with alcoholism, and Republic of Dirt, winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour. Rodney must cope with his new life - while learning the truth about his old one. Something his professional poker player father did in Las Vegas has separated the family and now Rodney lives with his mother and older sister. Rodney's life is upended when he moves to a new neighbourhood and starts at a new school. A pre-teen named Rodney is the star of the middle-grade book Me Three. Cary Fagan is an Ontario author of books for adults and children. Forced to fish for food, Rafe finds himself stuck a wet and otherworldly adventure involving a strange young girl and a strange new world. His debut YA novel Cub was published in In Water, Water, a boy named Rafe wakes up one morning to find that his bedroom is floating out to sea.

Cub by Paul Coccia