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In Lea Beddia’s Take Off!, Marissa is having a hard time in her final year of high school. She’s being bullied by her former friend, Aimee, and she needs to pull up her low grades – “D? You got a D … D as in Dummy or D as in Dyke?” Marissa is also a cadet focused on passing a

We speak with Lea Beddia, a high school teacher in Joliette, about her debut novel geared toward young adults who might be struggling as readers, but still want a story for their age category. We talk about the main character, Marissa, who deals with a bully and is also trying to get her pilot's license.

Akim Aliu: Dreamer Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson Elysée; Karen De la Vega, ill. Scholastic Canada, Feb. From his upbringing in Parkdale to his dream of playing hockey and the racism he faced at every turn, Toronto-based athlete and activist Akim Aliu – also known as “Dreamer” – brings his life to the page in

Welcome to The 2021 Spring Series – Pumping Up Positivity! This is the most encouraging series you will ever read. What’s it about? I’m glad you asked. It’s about living through challenging times with an encouraging positive perspective. Everyone is living a very different life, especially now. Everyone has a different perspective and interesting tools for living in the positive. I asked an eclectic group of people to answer a questionnaire based on their “Positive Pers...