Second Story Press

Two Pieces of Chocolate

By Gabrielle Grimard (illus.) - By Kathy Kacer - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

While trying to escape Paris during World War II, Francine and her mother are arrested and end up in Bergen-Belsen, a German concentration ...Read Review

Obaasan’s Boots

By Lara Jean Okihiro - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Cousins Charlotte and Lou are visiting their grandparents in Toronto. While Lou lives in Toronto, Charlotte has flown with her mother from their ...Read Review

Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold

By Jessica Outram - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Bernice, the eight-year-old protagonist, lives with her siblings, her parents, and her beloved grandmother in the lighthouse that her father tends on Georgian ...Read Review

Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure

By Anne Dublin - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Anne Dublin’s novel shares the true story of a group of orphans who immigrated from Mezritsh, Poland, to a farm school in ...Read Review

The Oracle of Cumae

By Melissa Hardy - Published 2019

Genres:

Saga

In the central Italian city of Casteldurante in the late 19th century, a 99-year-old woman, Mariuccia Umbellino, summons a priest so she can ...Read Review

The Mozart Girl

By Barbara Nickel - Published 2019

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart enjoys beautiful gowns, birthday gifts, and sweets as much as any 12-year-old girl, but she has an extraordinary ...Read Review