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
Long ago, in England, the villagers whispered.... They whispered about the hacked-up body of young Jonathan Matthew, about its disappearance from the church altar, and about a mysterious connection to royalty. But mainly they whispered ... Read More »
March 12, 2004
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
This is the third in the I Was There series of richly illustrated historical books. It follows Discovering the Iceman and On Board the Titanic and stakes out a definite niche for author Shelley Tanaka. Between ... Read More »
March 12, 2004
For more than 50 years, from 1868 to 1925, various schemes emptied the orphanages of Britain to provide the farms of Canada with cheap hired help. Many of these schemes, most notably those of Dr. ... Read More »
March 12, 2004
For more than 50 years, from 1868 to 1925, various schemes emptied the orphanages of Britain to provide the farms of Canada with cheap hired help. Many of these schemes, most notably those of Dr. ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
A simple book is often the best showcase for a simple truth. Wild Talk: How Animals Talk to Each Other establishes clearly not only how animals communicate but also that they do so much as ... Read More »
March 12, 2004
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