The strange title of Arthur G. Slade’s first novel (pronounced draw-ger) comes from Norse mythology and refers to the old Icelandic name for those who return from the dead because they have too much hate ... Read More »
March 14, 2004
Brian Doyle writes stories in two main flavours: contemporary and personal/historical. With Uncle Ronald, Doyle takes us a century back in time and up to Low, his fictional village in Quebec’s Gatineau mountains. This is ... Read More »
March 14, 2004
Many teens have fantasies of murdering someone they hate, but 13-year-old Marnie Harmon is one of the few who attempt to indulge those fantasies. Fed up with her “stupid” media studies teacher, whose sexual improprieties ... Read More »
March 14, 2004
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
With his father’s death, 15-year-old Callum Murdoch is uprooted from his Edinburgh life, where he dreams of being a teacher, and forced to immigrate to the New World to join his Uncle Rory and family. ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
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
The art of fishing, the thrill of suspense, and the sadness of broken families: these are the main ingredients in Canadian writer Jake MacDonald’s latest novel, his first for young adults. Add to the mix, ... Read More »
March 12, 2004
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
Martha Attema takes pains not to bore: her fast-paced mystery, set in an island community off The Netherlands’ north shore, features a body, three ominous strangers, a ghost sighting, a rowdy festival and costume ball, ... Read More »
March 12, 2004
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
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