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Wishing Star Summer

By Beryl Young

Beryl Young’s son and family have shared the past four summers with children from Belarus, giving the precious gift of a holiday far away from the radiation caused by the Chernobyl disaster. Young has used ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Hoop Crazy

By Eric Walters

Hoop Crazy is the third instalment in award-winning author Eric Walters’ basketball stories. Teammates and old friends Nick, Kia, and Mark are desperate to find another player for the upcoming three-on-three tournament. Help arrives in ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

★ One Missing Finger

By Don Trembath

One Missing Finger is the second in the Black Belt Series, the sequel to Frog Face and the Three Boys. The series features three boys who take karate classes together and spend the rest of ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

Make Your Own Inuksuk

By Mary Wallace

For many Canadians, the evocative stone towers called inuksuit, often resembling a human form outlined against the vast northern horizon, have supplanted the igloo as a symbol of the Arctic. In this companion volume to ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

★ The Game

By Teresa Toten

A teenage girl in a psychiatric hospital: there could be few scenarios more emotionally fraught, and more at risk of creating a tidal wave of melodrama that might overwhelm the characters and their story. In ... Read More »

February 5, 2004