I am Metis By Karen Hourie Ellefson, Illustrations by Leah Dorion (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) When a young girl questions who she is, her voice whispers to look to her father. Her father is an outdoorsman who fishes and hunts and knows the animals, plants and trees where he lives. Her father is a spirited dancer
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I am Metis
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By Karen Hourie Ellefson, Illustrations by Leah Dorion
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(Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
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When a young girl questions who she is, her voice whispers to look to her father. Her father is an outdoorsman who fishes and hunts and knows the animals, plants and trees where he lives. Her father is a spirited dancer and a great storyteller. Her father loves swimming and canoeing and has a spirit that brings calmness, joy and wisdom. The voice of the girl welcomes all these things that make her proud to be who she is. This book is a colourful, emotional look at a big boisterous family, that is known as Metis.
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The Jellyfish Bus
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Noon News Roundup
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Written and Illustrated By Suhyeon Lee
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Translated By Ha Young Kim (Glory)
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(Owlkids Books)
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When Slowpoke is fired from the Jellyfish Bus service for being too slow, he decides to go on a vacation. As he travels down to the deepest part of the sea, he encounters strange creatures who wish to go to the Night Bazaar. Transporting his marine passengers, he fears he will not make it, so he decides to get help from the thrust of a whale’s blowhole. Every page of this book is filled with amazing, colourful and humorous talking aquatic life. The middle of the book opens to reveal a fantastic festival. Children will want to read and re-read this whimsical fun fishy adventure.
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Kidnapped From Ukraine
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Under Attack
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By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
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(Scholastic Inc.)
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This fiction novel based on testimonies and documented accounts, follows 12-year-old Dariia and her family as they fight for survival after an attack by the Russians on their hometown of Mariupol in February 2022. While sheltering and separated from her sister and father, a bomb hits their building. Dariia and her mom manage to escape only to be captured by Russian soldiers. Taken to a Russian camp they are separated, and the children are then groomed to be adopted by Russian families. This intense story brings to light the violence and indecencies of this war and the resilience of the Ukrainian people.
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When Asher’s mom finds herself in deep debt, his absent father provides them with a solution. A government-run, clean energy experiment is looking for children between the ages of 11 and 15 to participate and receive a large monetary compensation. The Factory, however, does not appear as it does in the brochure. There is wired fencing, armed guards and extraction chambers. After making friends with other children suffering through this process, they all decide that to survive, they must escape and tell the world what is going on. Middle-grade readers will love this dystopian thriller and will be eager to read the next instalment.
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