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By Ann Blades

When Jack and Angus move with their mother from a large house to a smaller one, they complain incessantly about the lack of space: “We miss our old house,/This house is too small./ There’s nowhere ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

By Susan Juby

You’ve got to like a kid who continues in therapy just so her mental-health professional won’t be traumatized. And 15-year-old Alice, notwithstanding the opinions of her classmates, parents, and neighbours in Smithers, B.C., is terrific. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction