Don’t Think Twice

This is a coming-of-age book with a twist; it’s Mom’s coming of age, twice. We meet Jan Crowther in mid-life, an emotional and physical wreck, desperate to find her runaway daughter, Lisa. To soothe her ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Garden

By Carol Matas

In this novel, Carol Matas takes up the story of her character Ruth Mendenberg from November 1947 to April 1948, the uncertain period leading up to the establishment of a Jewish state. It’s the sequel ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat

By Lynn Manuel, Janet Wilson, illus.

On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Annotated Anne of Green Gables

By Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, Mary E. Doody Jones, eds.

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Accidental Orphan

By Constance Horne

To be an orphan in the late 1800s was a bleak fate indeed. Dressed in the workhouse uniform that proclaimed your state to the world, you were expected to express gratitude to your keepers while ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Famous at Last

By Lesley Choyce, Jill Quinn, illus.

Lesley Choyce, an accomplished Nova Scotian writer for adults and young people, turns his hand to chapter books in Pottersfield’s new reading series of first novels for kids. In this unlikely, fast-moving tale, pre-pubescent Fred ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Crazy for Chocolate

By Frieda Wishinsky, Jock McRae, illus.

As novels such as Chocolate Fever and The Chocolate Touch affirm, adventures about chocolate that are liberally laced with humour go down well with young readers of fiction. Crazy for Chocolate, an easy-to-read adventure story ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Xanthe’s Pyramid

By Ishbel Moore

In the first line of Xanthe’s Pyramid, we’re immediately assaulted by that eternal pubescent lament – “You don’t trust me.” Mom and our 16-year-old protagonist are in a pitched battle because Xanthe broke curfew with ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Make or Break Spring

By Janet McNaughton

This sequel to Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice continues the story of Evelyn McCallum, now 15, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, awaiting the end of the Second World War and her father’s return from North ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Buried Treasure

By Barbara Haworth-Attard

Barbara Haworth-Attard is an Ontario author best known for her Mr. Christie Book Award nominee Home Child. In Buried Treasure, she tackles a coming-of-age novel for middle readers.The world is a bleak place to 15-year-old ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Don’t Think Twice

The Garden

Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat

The Annotated Anne of Green Gables

The Accidental Orphan

Famous at Last

Crazy for Chocolate

Xanthe’s Pyramid

Make or Break Spring

Buried Treasure

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