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The books in this collection celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Whether exploring different types of families or gender roles, each of these books highlights the LGBTQ+ experience, and the importance of empathy and inclusion.
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A Boy Named Queen
Who will be brave enough to make friends with the boy named Queen?
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A Family Is a Family Is a Family
When a teacher asks her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different, but the same in one important way ...
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She is well connected and a popular speaker. She is a four-time nominee for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, children’s literature’s richest prize.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHISTORICAL POSITIONING OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSet in Vancouver in 1970, Dodger Boy feeds a current nostalgia for the days of flower power, Woodstock, activism and muscle cars. The novel explores timely issues ranging from pacifism and feminism to tolerance and faith. Spoiler: About midway through the novel, Charlotte comes across Tom Ed and her older brother kissing — a revelation that eventually triggers a falling out with Dawn, who has a crush on Tom Ed.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA CLEAN READ:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis novel does not contain graphic sex or strong language.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCURRICULUM CONNECTIONS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections include language arts \/ literary criticism (Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice are subjects of much discussion between Charlotte and Dawn), censorship\/freedom to read; social studies \/ power systems in society, personal identity, communication and media literacy; history and geography \/ Vietnam War, draft dodgers, Americans vs. Canadians, pacifism, hippie movement.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eAt that moment Dawn came back. She was with a boy who was just about as opposite from the be-in as you could imagine, a kind of anti-matter of hippie. He had very short, tidy hair shaved up the sides of his head, and he was dressed in crisp jeans and a white T-shirt. He was so clean that he seemed to have a little halo around him. How was he staying so clean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second he arrived at the blanket, the sun peeped out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is Tom Ed,” said Dawn. “He’s from Texas. He’s a draft dodger.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Later, when Charlotte saw those T-shirts that declared, Today is the first day of the rest of your life, she thought of that moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe damp blanket, her muddy toes, the music in her pores, the hippie-sweet air, and the tall, bright-faced Texan.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Scintillating prose, rich dialogue, and charming characterizations mark a novel that straddles the boundary between middle-grade and YA. . . . [W]hipsmart . . .","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_1":"Ellis’s draft dodger novel is crisp, funny, smart and wonderfully well put together – an example of all that writing for the young can be.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"[Charlotte] proves to be a deeply introspective and likable protagonist, offering up insights that cut right to the heart of the coming-of-age experience. . . . A unique piece of historical fiction that packs a punch.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_3":"[Sarah] Ellis introduces the evils of book banning and the importance of believing in yourself and standing up for your own identity.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From award-winning author Sarah Ellis comes the story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2018-09-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"From award-winning author Sarah Ellis comes the story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
Dodger Boy
From award-winning author Sarah Ellis comes the story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.
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Toklas is charming and funny, due in no small part to Leng’s light colours, loose lines and gently comic sense of character.","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Deirdre Baker","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_9":"Author Monica Kulling and illustrator Qin Leng invite the imagination into Gertrude and Alice’s world through a tender fictionalized day in the couple’s real life. … The sweetness and sincerity of their love rises above the language and radiates from the story itself.","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Maria Popova","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Brain Pickings","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"It’s Alice’s birthday! A beautiful spring afternoon in Paris — what could be better? 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to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Happy Birthday, Alice Babette
It’s Alice’s birthday! A beautiful spring afternoon in Paris — what could be better? Little does she know that her friend has arranged some surprises!
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He memorizes lines, reads all the plays he can get his hands on, and works on imitating female gestures and mannerisms. He becomes a friend, and eventually a lover, of Alexander, a boy actor who is getting too old to play female roles. 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ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
I Was Cleopatra
The provocative fictional memoir of a boy actor in Shakespearian London.
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
From This One Summer co-creator Mariko Tamaki comes a hilarious and poignant story of teen heartbreak and friendship.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center and its tangerine dress.
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A sensitively written, and knowing portrayal of early teen life, highlighting the formative and identity-forming role that music plays in those years. The illustrations are loose and lovely, pairing quiet, realistic portrayals of the awkwardness of everyday life in high school, with metaphoric, imaginative images of inner worlds.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Julie Morstad, award-winning illustrator of Bloom; Julia, Child; and This Is Sadie","OtherText_Accolades_1":"Operatic reveals an optimism that I find generally missing from comics. I loved Byron Eggenschwiler’s flowing, layered illustrations and I was hit in the gut by Kyo Maclear’s story about the magic and frustration of art and adolescence. Like all of Kyo’s work, this book is not only an invitation to read, but to create.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Matthew Forsythe, two-time Eisner Award–nominated illustrator and Emmy Award-winning designer of Adventure Time","OtherText_Accolades_2":"Operatic is a sweet read. Maclear’s charming, understated writing and Eggenschwiler’s inventive cartooning are a perfect match.","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Hope Larson, Eisner Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling creator of A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel","OtherText_Accolades_3":"Operatic is stunning; reading through it reminded me why I love comics. The atmosphere is tantalizing and rich, and the story is not one I will soon forget.","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Tillie Walden, two-time Eisner Award nominee and Ignatz Award–winning creator of the graphic novels Spinning, On a Sunbeam, and Are You Listening?","OtherText_Review_0":"Opera is an unusual but pitch-perfect match for that swell of overwhelming feeling, and Maclear.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_1":"Brimming with raw emotion, music references, and gorgeous art, this memorable and relatable graphic novel will linger with readers.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"Operatic offers a deft look at adolescence, rich but subtle, accessible but beautifully complex. . . . Maclear has created a setting and a cast of characters that feel extraordinarily fresh, alive, and, above all, very real. . . . Eggenschwiler’s visual metaphors create their own network of social, emotional, and sensory connections. . . . This book will delight not only young people and graphic-novel aficionados but anyone who believes that art — especially opera — is a powerful force in the world.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_3":"Maclear and Eggenschwiler cleverly weave together story, visual art, and music. . . . 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ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
Operatic
A story of friendship, first crushes, opera and the high drama of middle school told by award-winning Kyo Maclear in her debut graphic novel.
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It seems a sure bet that Skim will garner her a few more.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Calgary Herald","OtherText_Review_15":"A gorgeous, poetic pen line and sharp dialogue bring this angsty story of a disaffected teenage girl to life.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_16":"Jillian Tamaki's illustrations perfectly match the rough edges and continuous movement of Skim's teenage characters and reveal humour in the agonizing minutiae of high school life...Mariko Tamaki's text blends teen-speak with eloquence and wry one-liners...blending colloquialisms and sharp observations into something profound...","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_17":"No medium can capture the sense of being plunged into another person's mind like comics can, and Skim is the perfect example, its words and pictures and storytelling so unified in conjuring Kim's world that it comes as a surprise to see it has two creators rather than one...The careful layering of perception, desire, and reality is handled so deftly that the effect is almost subliminal...The Tamakis have done the hardest and most rewarding thing an artist can do: they have captured the texture of real life and made it into something beautiful.","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Irish Times","OtherText_Review_18":"The Tamaki cousins in their first graphic novel take a huge fistful of high school story trappings and distill a beautiful and funny time capsule of real feeling... Skim is a refreshing reminder of the inevitability of change and the importance of looking beneath the surface.","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)","OtherText_Review_19":"The tricky part with graphic novels is getting the story to be as good as the drawings, and [the Tamakis] have figured out a winning combination for sure. The story is riveting and will bring you right back to 11th grade angst within the first few pages. Jillian Tamaki has an especially expressive, loose style that lends itself beautifully to this slightly morose tale.","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Bust","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Metro","OtherText_Review_2":"...avoids all the cliches of a coming-of-age story...Original in every which way.","OtherText_Review_20":"This stunning coming-of-age novel will draw in not only GN buffs, who will appreciate the creative design and dramatic use of both illustration and narration, but also realistic-fiction fans who may not normally gravitate to the format but will find this a sympathetic standout.","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_21":"Writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Jillian Tamaki stunningly entwine their acute dialogues and visual riches in brush, soft pencil and grey tones, illuminating this adolescent romance in all its conflicted depths. [Skim is the] most sophisticated and sensitive North American graphic novel debut of the year.","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Paul Gravett","OtherText_Review_22":"A quietly moving graphic novel...sharply witty and incisive...Long, languid lines portray Skim's turmoil and angst with pitch-perfect resonance...Recommend this to fans of Daniel Clowes's Ghost World, who have been waiting for another graphic novel of teen angst and suburban ennui.","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Valerie D'Orazio","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Friends of Lulu","OtherText_Review_3":"...intelligent choice...a sensitive and caring portrayal of youth...universal...a complete success...[Jillian's] storytelling is solid...[and] her art is very atmospheric...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Gay Comics List","OtherText_Review_4":"...traverse[s] the turbulent landscape of high school with tenderness and a keen eye for the yearning of adolescent girls...From the particularities of slang to the bigger concepts like fear and isolation, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki capture the subtle details that comprise this understated part of life...a world [in] which anyone who has ever been a teenager would be able to relate to at some level...Jillian Tamaki's use of line and shadow is effective in rendering the psychology of characters and the moody spaces they find themselves in...Formally, Skim is interesting for its varied approach to panel-use. Some pages flaunt over 10 similarly sized and shaped panels while others reveal only one (often silent) borderless image. The overall effect reveals impressive artwork and many powerful scenes...Skim is a unique piece, one not to be missed. Highly Recommended. [Skim uses] high school as a fertile setting for pungent commentary on racial, cultural, and sexual issues...The narrative, mainly in diary form, feels accurate and realistic, drenched in a sense of confusion and nihilism, and the art, influenced by Craig Thompson's Blankets (2003), reflects the spare, gloomy emotional landscape in which Skim exists. This story will appeal to many female comics fans...","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_5":"...[Skim is a] stunningly emotional graphic novel...an artful jumble that is as true-to-life as it is diffuse...unfussy and immediate...The delicately lined art alternately expands and contradicts the prose to achieve layers of meaning, tone and irony...With honesty and compassion, this innovative narrative communicates a life just beginning, open and full of possibility.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_6":"...[Skim] manages to avoid the usual cliches...The b\/w cirt is fluid and curvy and looks like it came straight out of a sketchbook. The little details are wonderful...Highly recommended for high school graphic novel colelctions, especially those catering to girls.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Kliatt","OtherText_Review_7":"...rendered delicately...Mariko's writing is assured...Skim's self-searching entries are wrenched off or lit up by the next image...Skim comes into its own, building a teenage girl mood that's struggling observant and shyly heartfelt by turns.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Vue Weekly","OtherText_Review_8":"[Skim] is a convincing chronicle of a teenage outsider who has enough sense to want to stay outside...All in all, Skim offers a startlingly clear and painful view into adolescence for those of us who possess it only as a distant memory. It's a story that deepens with successive rereadings. But what will teenagers think? Maybe that they've found a bracingly honest story by a writer who seems to remember exactly what it was like to be 16 and in love for the first time.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"New York Times","OtherText_Review_9":"Skim comes out on top...connects in every way...This graphic novel is a winner...a unique creation...Scenes are often hilarious and black-humoured as well as serious...Mariko Tamaki's prose captures an authentic adolescent voice that's dramatic, self-obsessed, funny, earnest, and sometimes glib...Skim is an unforgettable character in the tradition of Holden Caulfield-a clear social commentator on adult and adolescent behaviour whose ironic observations on social hypocrisy ring sharp and true...Illustrator Jillian Tamaki's fine draughtsmanship gives Skim a classic elegance that's missing in many other graphic novels...a powerful sense of mystical eeriness that deepens and enhances the story. Skim is a funny, poignant, memorable drama of navigating adolescence.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Skim is a brilliant and poignant glimpse at the heartache of teen life in all its dramatic complexities.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_10":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_11":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_12":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_13":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_14":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_15":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_16":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_17":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_18":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_19":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_3":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_4":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_5":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_6":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_7":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_8":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_9":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_10":"05","PrizeCode_11":"05","PrizeCode_12":"05","PrizeCode_13":"05","PrizeCode_14":"03","PrizeCode_15":"03","PrizeCode_16":"03","PrizeCode_17":"03","PrizeCode_18":"03","PrizeCode_19":"03","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_3":"01","PrizeCode_4":"05","PrizeCode_5":"05","PrizeCode_6":"05","PrizeCode_7":"05","PrizeCode_8":"04","PrizeCode_9":"05","PrizeName_0":"Ignatz Award - Outstanding Graphic Novel","PrizeName_1":"CLA Young Adult Book of the Year Award","PrizeName_10":"Eisner Award - Best Publication for Tweens\/Teens","PrizeName_11":"Harvey Awards - Best Graphic Album","PrizeName_12":"Lulu Awards - Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent (Mariko Tamaki)","PrizeName_13":"Lulu of the Year Award","PrizeName_14":"Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List","PrizeName_15":"ALA Top Ten Books for YA","PrizeName_16":"ALA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens","PrizeName_17":"PW Best Books of the Year (Comics)","PrizeName_18":"New York Times Best Illustrated Books","PrizeName_19":"Bloomsbury Review's Editor's Favourite Books of 2008","PrizeName_2":"Doug Wright Award - Best Book","PrizeName_3":"Joe Shuster Award - Writer","PrizeName_4":"YALSA Great Graphic Novels List","PrizeName_5":"YALSA Best YA List","PrizeName_6":"YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers","PrizeName_7":"Ignatz Award - Outstanding Artist","PrizeName_8":"Governor General's Literary Awards: Text","PrizeName_9":"Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album (New)","PrizeYear_0":"2008","PrizeYear_1":"2009","PrizeYear_10":"2008","PrizeYear_11":"2008","PrizeYear_12":"2009","PrizeYear_13":"2009","PrizeYear_14":"2009","PrizeYear_15":"2009","PrizeYear_16":"2009","PrizeYear_17":"2008","PrizeYear_18":"2008","PrizeYear_19":"2008","PrizeYear_2":"2008","PrizeYear_3":"2009","PrizeYear_4":"2008","PrizeYear_5":"2008","PrizeYear_6":"2008","PrizeYear_7":"2008","PrizeYear_8":"2008","PrizeYear_9":"2008","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2010-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Skim is a brilliant and poignant glimpse at the heartache of teen life in all its dramatic complexities.","Width":"6.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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And how do children navigate the loss of their own dreams, dreams so significant and must-have when one is young? … These stories give us models, the knowledge that we have gotten through, and we can get through again, and in the case of \u003cem \u003eSunny Days Inside\u003c\/em\u003e, we can navigate with humour and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"British Columbia Review","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Linked short stories follow the interconnected lives of children living in one apartment building as they shelter in place during the pandemic.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_3":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_4":"Nominated","PrizeCodeText_5":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"04","PrizeCode_3":"04","PrizeCode_4":"07","PrizeCode_5":"03","PrizeName_0":"Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year","PrizeName_1":"Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award","PrizeName_2":"Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards, Diamond Willow Award","PrizeName_3":"Chocolate Lily Book Awards — Novel Category","PrizeName_4":"Rocky Mountain Book Award","PrizeName_5":"Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Best Books for Kids and Teens","PrizeYear_0":"2022","PrizeYear_1":"2022","PrizeYear_2":"2022","PrizeYear_3":"2022","PrizeYear_4":"2023","PrizeYear_5":"2022","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2021-08-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Linked short stories follow the interconnected lives of children living in one apartment building as they shelter in place during the pandemic.","Subtitle":"and Other Stories","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781773065724\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
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to 12
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Sunny Days Inside
Linked short stories follow the interconnected lives of children living in one apartment building as they shelter in place during the pandemic.
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It’s like the first one goes rogue and takes on a life of its own and then the rest keep going because they can’t help it, they’re cancer cells and that’s what they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause after she calmed down, Elle took me to the couch and she made me put my head in her lap and she …told me she was skipping her visit to Jimmy’s this spring so she could be there for me, and Mindy was already buying a frozen lasagna to bring over because knowing Mama, she was probably in no state to cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she sang Cher’s “Believe.” Except for the second verse because she couldn’t remember it.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"[A] narrative that is matter-of-fact, bitingly funny, and intensely reflective . . . . this is a heartfelt exploration of one boy’s experience as a refugee.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"This book is one that will keep readers anticipating throughout, whilst providing some humour, and leaving them with big ideas to ponder upon conclusion.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"CM Reviews","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A teenage refugee adapts to a new country and even finds a best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a devastating lie.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2019-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A teenage refugee adapts to a new country and even finds a best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a devastating lie.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 14
and up
/ grades 8
and up
Swan Dive
A teenage refugee adapts to a new country and even finds a best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a devastating lie.
