BOOK REVIEWS

The Mysterious Mummer

When 13-year-old Joey McDermot is sent to Newfoundland to spend Christmas with his recently widowed aunt, he goes under protest. Aunt Corinne has no television and, grief-stricken over the drowning of her husband, she isn’t ... Read More »

October 16, 2003

Flames of the Tiger

By John Wilson

Flames of the Tiger, by Vancouver Island writer John Wilson, is the Second World War story of a German teen who was initially a Nazi sympathizer. Dieter is a 17-year-old who, in the last days ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Ann and Seamus

By Kevin Major, David Blackwood, illus.

Outstanding Newfoundland writer Kevin Major has moved into new terrain with Ann and Seamus, a long, powerful narrative poem based on an event in early Newfoundland history. The story-telling skills that have made Major such ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Mud City

By Deborah Ellis

Mud City, the final volume in Deborah Ellis’s Afghan trilogy, follows 14-year-old Shauzia, Parvana’s best friend, into a refugee camp in Pakistan. Having fled an arranged marriage in Kabul, Shauzia becomes little more than a ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Peter’s Pixie

By Donn Kushner, Sylvie Daigneault, illus.

Young Peter is about to become a big brother; his parents are caring and patient but, preoccupied with the coming baby, they make it clear they have new expectations for their first-born. Prompted perhaps by ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Merrybegot

By Mary Dalton

Newfoundland poet Mary Dalton’s third book is so profoundly regional in its Maritime idiom and attitude that it actually transcends patois to a surprising extent and manages to be a universal pleasure to read. The ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Wanting the Day

By Brian Bartlett

Wanting the Day, the seventh collection of poetry from East Coast poet, lecturer, and essayist Brian Bartlett, gleans some of the best poems from Bartlett’s six earlier collections to create an intense volume of selected ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

Character Parts: Who’s Really Who in Canlit

By Brian Busby

The sour scent of wasted opportunity clings to the pages of Character Parts. The book proceeds from a tremendously appealing premise: an exposé of the real-life role models for various Canadian authors’ fictional creations. But ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Gothic Line: Canada’s Month of Hell in World War Ii Italy

By Mark Zuelkhe

Writer Mark Zuelkhe’s The Gothic Line is the third in his series of magnificent histories of the major battles fought by Canadians in Italy during the Second World War. The books, including this latest, are ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: History

The Inactivist

By Chris Eaton

The Inactivist, the new novel from Toronto writer, advertising worker, and musician Chris Eaton (who records under the name Rock Plaza Central) is the sort of book that will appeal to adolescent nihilists and self-consciously ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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