No Claim to Mercy: A Suburban Mystery

In recent years the wrongful convictions of Donald Marshall, David Milgaard, and Guy Paul Morin have captured newspaper headlines across the country. In No Claim to Mercy, journalist Derek Finkle examines the justice system responsible ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Pirate Pearl

By Phoebe Gilman

When Captain Plunk recovers a floating treasure chest from a ship that has just been sunk, he and his rascally crew are astonished and dismayed to find that it contains not precious pearls but Precious ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dreams Are More Real than Bathtubs

By Susan Musgrave, Marie-Louise Gay, illus.

Many families treasure the precocious sayings of their very young, later bringing them out on public occasions to the chagrin of the original speaker. Poets’ families no doubt accumulate better bon mots than most; thus ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Baboo: The Story of Sir John A. Macdonald’s Daughter

By Ainslie Manson, Bill Wand, illus.

Ainslie Manson is well known for fine historical picture books such as A Dog Came, Too and Just Like New. Her latest, a picture-book biography of Sir John A. Macdonald’s disabled daughter, Mary, is not ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Fog Cat

By Marilyn Helmer, Paul Mombourquette, illus.

As we know from The Little Prince, taming an animal (or flower) is an emotional process. Fog Cat chronicles young Hannah’s attempts to tame a cat living wild by the sea. Hannah lives with her ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe

By William Kaplan with Shelley Tanaka, Stephen Taylor, illus.

We take this journey through the eyes of William Kaplan’s father, Igor, who was nine years old when he escaped with his little sister and parents from Lithuania in 1940. As Igor’s Jewish parents feel ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Angels Turn Their Backs

By Margaret Buffie

Margaret Buffie plunges us deep into her heroine’s first full-fledged crippling panic attack. Fifteen-year-old Addy Jarrick has just moved to Winnipeg with her mom and is suddenly incapable of returning to school. She absolutely cannot ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

Janey’s Choice

By Bernice Thurman Hunter

Janey’s Choice continues the story of the Phair family begun in Amy’s Promise, which recently won the B.C. library association’s Red Cedar Award. In this new book, the point of view shifts to Janey Phair, ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

Behaving Bradley

By Perry Nodelman

Winnipeg author Perry Nodelman’s third comic young adult novel is a satire dealing with the absurdities of modern high-school life.Brad Gold is an average Grade 11 kid, desperately trying not to attract attention to himself ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

This Land: A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers

By Kit Pearson, ed.

In This Land, award-winning children’s writer Kit Pearson entices young readers to explore the varied worlds of Canada through short fiction and novel excerpts. The selections are arranged west to east by province, ending with ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

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Quill and Quire

No Claim to Mercy: A Suburban Mystery

Pirate Pearl

Dreams Are More Real than Bathtubs

Baboo: The Story of Sir John A. Macdonald’s Daughter

★ Fog Cat

One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe

Angels Turn Their Backs

Janey’s Choice

Behaving Bradley

This Land: A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers

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