March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Necklace of Stars is a story of the Andes, its present, past, and its role in myth and folklore. The present-day events involve Miguel, who lives in a mountain hut with his parents, the last ... Read More »
After reading the first line of Awake and Dreaming, an “Ahhh...” escapes. Relax; if you’re nine or 90 you’re in superb hands. We’re introduced to Cecily Stone, a former children’s writer, and a glorious ghost ... Read More »
March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
When her grandmother dies at the age of 96, 12-year-old Emily faces a double loss – no adult in the family wants the Saskatchewan farm where her grandmother spent her life, and it seems it ... Read More »
March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
There Will Be Wolves, young-adult author Karleen Bradford’s award-winning 1992 novel, revolves around the People’s Crusade of 1096 – an ill-fated mission to return Jerusalem to Christian rule. The sequel, Shadows on a Sword, picks ... Read More »
March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
After their recent success in unravelling enigmatic Oriental secrets in The Chinese Puzzle, Andrea and Arthur move on to botanical skullduggery in the second in a new mystery series by Quebec writer Chrystine Brouillet. Andrea, ... Read More »
March 14, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
When Tess De Boer’s grandfather dies, her mother and uncle inherit the family homestead, a blueberry farm called Willowcreek, located near the wetlands of Pitt Polder, B.C. Tess has also inherited her grandfather’s love of ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
A strong first novel from B.C. journalist and travel writer Iain Lawrence, The Wreckers is immediately gripping, from its opening scene of a shipwreck. John, the 14-year-old narrator, survives the waves only to face another ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Everyone has heard of Marie Antoinette, the ill-fated French queen who was beheaded during the Revolution. But few know of her daughter, Marie Thérèse, the only member of her family to survive the bloodshed and ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
From the first sentence of Raven’s End it is clear we are in Dreamworld. Subtitled A Tale of the Canadian Rockies, Ben Gadd’s first novel is a long and fanciful flight from his previous non-fiction ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
After winning an essay contest about Canadian history, Andrea Baxter is bound for Cape Breton and a summer job at the Fortress of Louisbourg. Staff at this historic site re-enact life as it was lived ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction