Lemon

Shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award! Longlisted for the Giller Prize!

The numbers are against Lemon – three (sort of) mothers, one deadbeat dad, one cancer-riddled protege, one tree-hugging stepbrother and a 60% average – but with the right (or wrong) attitude, she might just survive high school. 'Strube proves that striking intelligence comes from the mouths of babes,' says the The Walrus.