Entries from February 2008

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Things are Looking Grimm, Jill by Dan Bar-el

Eleven year-old Princess Jill, sister to King Jack and daughter to Mother Goose, is spoilt and impulsive and prone to trying to sneak out of doing her chores, but she’s also brave and smart and determined, so, when she receives a message from someone known only as F.G., urgently asking for her help in the [...]

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Lucky’s Mountain by Dianne Maycock

After her father’s death in a mining accident, Maggie Sullivan, her sister, Elly, and their mother must leave their cosy home and go to live with Aunt Hortense, because houses in the small mining town perched up in the mountains of British Columbia are reserved for miners and their families. For a young girl [...]

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The Big Snapper by Katherine Holubitsky

Ten year-old Eddie lives with his mother and grandparents in Haida Gwaii, known by non-Natives as the Queen Charlotte Islands, along the coast of British Columbia. With his best friend, Jake, Eddie hikes up to Spirit Lake, where they have built a raft, helps Jake’s mother gather berries and plants to make traditional medicines, [...]

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Danger at Mason’s Island by Tom Schwartzkopf

Best friends Angela Black and Emmie Seegal have to come up with a way to earn some summer spending money after their baby-sitting job falls through. Fortunately, both of them have lots of experience with animals, so hiring themselves out at pet sitters seems like the perfect solution to their money woes. When [...]