Literature Fair 2014

Reading the Word: Reading the World

SESSION: Social Justice in Canadian YA Literature
PRESENTER: Leah Fowler



Contemporary Social Realism: Some Favourites
Bastedo, J. (2006). On thin ice. Calgary, AB: Red Deer Press. Age 1216
Brooks, M. (2002). True confessions of a heartless girl. Vancouver, BC: Groundwood Books.
Age 14+
Huser, G. (2006). Skinnybones and the wrinkle queen. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Age 12+
Juby, S. (2007). Another kind of cowboy. New York, NY: HarperTeen. Age 14+
Mac, C. (2004). The beckoners. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. Age 14+
Phillips, W. (2010). Fishtailing. Regina, SK: Coteau Books. Age 1417
Stratton, A. (2004). Chandas secrets. Toronto, ON: Annick Press. Age 1216
Wynn-Jones, T. (1995). The maestro. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. Age 1216



Historical Fiction: Some Favourites

Birdsell, S. (2001). The Russlnder. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart. Mature teen/adult
Hill, L. (2007). The book of Negroes. Toronto, ON: HarperCollins. Teen/adult
Kogawa, J. (1981). Obasan. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin. Mature teen/adult
Pearson, K. (1993). The guests of war trilogy: The sky is falling (1989); Looking at the moon
(1991); The lights go on again (1993). Toronto, ON: Penguin Books of Canada.
Age 1014
Slade, A. (2006). Megiddos shadow. Toronto, ON: HarperCollins Canada. Age 1216
Wilson, J. (2003). And in the morning. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press. Age 13+



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Speculative Fiction: Some Favourites

Atwood, M. (1985). The handmaids tale. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart. Mature teen/adult
Dunnion, K. (2008). Big big sky. Calgary, AB: Red Deer Press. Age 14+
Kay, G.G. (2007a). Ysabel. Toronto, ON: Penguin Canada. Age 14+/adult
Oppel, K. The Airborn Triligy. (2004). Airborn. Toronto, ON: HarperCollins. (2005). Skybreaker.
Toronto, ON: HarperCollins. (2008). Starclimber. Toronto, ON: HarperCollins. Age
12+teen
Sawyer, R. [WWW trilogy]. Wake (2009). Watch (2010). Wonder (2011). Toronto, ON: Penguin
Canada. Teen/adult
Slade, A. (2009). The hunchback assignments. Toronto, ON: HarperTrophyCanada. Age 11+,
teens
Taylor, D. H. (2007). The night wanderer: A Native Gothic novel. Toronto, ON: Annick Press.
Age 1216



Visual/Verbal Texts: Some Graphic/Pictorial Favourites

Brown, C. (2003). Louis Riel: A comic strip biography. Montreal, QC: Drawn and Quarterly
Press. Age 12+/all ages
Lemire, J. (2009). Essex County. Atlanta, GA: Top Shelf Productions. Age 12+, adult
Lightfoot, G. (2010). Canadian railroad trilogy. (I. Wallace, Illus.) Toronto, ON: Groundwood.
Age 912, teen, adult: all-age appeal
Tamaki, M., & Tamaki, J. (2008). Skim. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Press. Age 15+
Xerxa, L. (2006). Ancient thunder. Toronto, ON: Groundwood. Age 710, all ages