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BOOK REVIEWS

The Hidden World

By Alison Baird

Teenage Torontonian Maeve O’Connor is plain and unpopular. Her parents seem destined for divorce and have shunted her off to her father’s relatives in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Her only solace is the book her ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

The Hydrofoil Mystery

By Eric Walters

Billy McCracken is a juvenile on the verge of delinquency. The First World War has filled Halifax with soldiers, sailors, and easy money. The waterfront is an ideal place for this mature-looking 15-year-old to hone ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

★ Touch of the Clown

By Glen Huser

Here’s a fresh and surprisingly funny first novel for young adults – surprising since incontinence, illness, neglect, alcoholism, abuse, AIDS, and a much-mourned mother don’t seem the stuff of comedy. The 13-year-old narrator, Barbara Stanwyck ... Read More »

February 13, 2004