Funny Gyal

By Angeline Jackson
With Susan McClelland
Foreword by Diana King

Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult — 2022 Finalist

“Instead of remaining silent, she chose to speak out … That’s the power of one person. ” — Barack Obama
The inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica’s oppression of queer youth to demand ... Read more

Killing the Wittigo

By Suzanne Methot

An unflinching reimagining of Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing for young adults

Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of colonization on Indigenous people and communities ... Read more

My Life in a Kwagu'l Big House

By Diane Jacobson

Honey Jacobson considered herself lucky to live in the last semi-traditional big house of the Kwagu'ł people: a four-storey house filled with a loving extended family of cousins, uncles, aunts and the patriarch and matriarch of the household, Grandpa Moses and Granny Axu. While ... Read more

My Life with the Salmon

By Diane Jacobson

Diane "Honey" Jacobson's latest book is an important comment about First Nations efforts to save the salmon and her personal youthful journey to find meaning and a sense of place in life. Like the style in her first book My Life in a Kwagu'l Big House, Diane's style in My Life ... Read more

The Underground Railroad

By Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, and Karolyn Smardz Frost

Stories of the hopeful, brave people who fled slavery and made Toronto their home.

“An engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. ” — Lawrence Hill, bestselling author of The Illegal

The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! ... Read more