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Nerve

By Barbra Leslie

In the first chapter of this debut book, the protagonist’s mother tells her that her father died when she was a child because “he lost his nerve.” Evelyn is 15 at this point, and it’s ... Read More »

March 14, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cloning Miranda

By Carol Matas

Fourteen-year-old Miranda has it all and more: beauty, talent, wealthy adoring parents, an irresistible best friend…and a fatal genetic disease. Her formerly flawless life unravels at a furious clip as her parents set about “curing” ... Read More »

March 14, 2004

Draugr

By Arthur G. Slade

The strange title of Arthur G. Slade’s first novel (pronounced draw-ger) comes from Norse mythology and refers to the old Icelandic name for those who return from the dead because they have too much hate ... Read More »

March 14, 2004

Uncle Ronald

By Brian Doyle

Brian Doyle writes stories in two main flavours: contemporary and personal/historical. With Uncle Ronald, Doyle takes us a century back in time and up to Low, his fictional village in Quebec’s Gatineau mountains. This is ... Read More »

March 14, 2004

13

By Mary-Lou Zeitoun

Many teens have fantasies of murdering someone they hate, but 13-year-old Marnie Harmon is one of the few who attempt to indulge those fantasies. Fed up with her “stupid” media studies teacher, whose sexual improprieties ... Read More »

March 14, 2004

The Carved Box

By Gillian Chan

With his father’s death, 15-year-old Callum Murdoch is uprooted from his Edinburgh life, where he dreams of being a teacher, and forced to immigrate to the New World to join his Uncle Rory and family. ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news