The third TRCA title released this year is Sweep: The Story of A Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier. Click on the link to read an excerpt from this historical fiction adventure about friendship and hope and follow Nan Sparrow, a Victorian chimney sweep… and her monster as they learn “That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.” 


Find out more about this year's TRCA top 5 at https://trca.home.blog/ - including where the books are available to borrow online as ebooks, reviews and more! 

This book has received the following accolades:

• Book Riot’s Top 100 Children’s Books of 2018
• CBC Books’ Best Canadian Children's & YA Books of 2018
• The Boston Globe's Best Children’s Books of 2018
• Wall Street Journal’s Best Children’s Books of 2018
• Quill & Quire's Books of the Year 2018
• Horn Book Fanfare's Best Books of 2018
• Publishers Weekly's Best Children’s and YA Books 2018
• New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids 2018
• Montreal Gazette’s Best Books to Give Kids for the Holidays 2018
• Canadian Children's Book Centre’s Favourite Books of the Year 2018
• Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2019)

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