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If Two Are Dead

By Robert Sutherland

This is the fourth mystery featuring teenage detectives Sandy and David and it is just as action-packed as the previous ones. This time, David and his Scottish friend Sandy (short for Alexandra) are scouting out ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

What’s Tuesday?

By Mitzi Dale

Not many comic young adult novels use death as an opening device. This one does, as 16-year-old Stephanie describes her grandfather’s final moment – a nosedive into a plate of pea soup at the family ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

The Freak

By Carol Matas

Jade, 15, living in Winnipeg, recovers from a life-threatening attack of meningitis to discover that she is changed. She now has flash visions of the future, can read people’s thoughts, and has the ability to ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

Apparatus

By Don McKay

I am reading this book, Land to Light On, this collection of poetry, this history, this anger, this celebration. Or am I? I have the impression that I am not reading. I am listening. Is ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Land to Light on

By Dionne Brand

I am reading this book, Land to Light On, this collection of poetry, this history, this anger, this celebration. Or am I? I have the impression that I am not reading. I am listening. Is ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry