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Lady Franklin’s Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession, and the Remaking of Arctic History

Some memorable historical figures worked hard at achieving greatness, others were born to it. Then there’s Sir John Franklin, who had the good fortune to die dramatically and leave behind a remarkable spouse dedicated to ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

★ Dead Man in Paradise

By J.B. MacKinnon

It’s rare that a work of historical non-fiction grabs a reader from page one, but Dead Man in Paradise does exactly that, holding the reader captive as author J.B. MacKinnon embarks on a remarkable journey ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

As if by Accident

By Julie Johnston

It is somewhat frightening to contemplate how vulnerable we are to the vagaries of fate, chance, accident. Children’s author Julie Johnston’s engaging novel (her first for adults) about two people whose paths cross in the ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Bicycle Eater

By Larry Tremblay; Sheila Fischman, trans

In this highly ambitious debut novel, Quebecois playwright Larry Tremblay creates a world of surrealist marvel and grotesquerie where nothing is quite what it seems. The book’s narrator, a photographer named Christophe Langelier, is much ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Smoke

By Elizabeth Ruth

The brutal disfigurement of 15-year-old Buster McFiddie sets into motion this second novel by Elizabeth Ruth. In the frenetic opening scene, as Buster’s father vomits beside the bathtub while dousing his son’s melted skin, we ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Unexpected and Fictional Career Change of Jim Kearns

By David Munroe

Like one of those people who love to call phone-in shows, the narrator of The Unexpected and Fictional Career Change of Jim Kearns is a combative know-it-all who long ago resolved not to achieve much ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Midnight Sun

By Lawrence Osgood

It is obvious from reading Lawrence Osgood’s Midnight Sun that the author has an abiding, deep love for the Arctic and its Inuit inhabitants. To his credit, his love is neither blind nor paternalistic, as ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Dolphin’s Tooth

By Bruce Kirkby

An engineer by training, author Bruce Kirkby has turned his aversion to the nine-to-five rat race and a desk job into an abiding love of adventure travel, and makes a living at it. His second ... Read More »

October 24, 2005 | Filed under: Reference

The Walking Boy

By Lydia Kwa

Ghosts, revenge, hermaphrodites, and quests across the deserts and mountains of western China – Lydia Kwa’s novel The Walking Boy has the elements of one of those literally fantastic Asian action films. But her story ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

By Margaret Atwood

Reporting ringside as The Odyssey and Margaret Atwood square off is pretty intimidating stuff. How to begin passing judgment on one of the first in a new series of books that touts “top-class writers from ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

Lady Franklin’s Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession, and the Remaking of Arctic History

★ Dead Man in Paradise

As if by Accident

The Bicycle Eater

Smoke

The Unexpected and Fictional Career Change of Jim Kearns

Midnight Sun

The Dolphin’s Tooth

The Walking Boy

★ The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

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