Worried and hurt when her boyfriend Nick takes off without a word to anyone, Robyn Hunter decides, after some fruitless searching, that she needs to find a new preoccupation in life. Her friend Billy, a dedicated do-gooder, suggests that she volunteer at a local drop-in centre for homeless people and so Robyn finds herself helping [...]
For the first time ever, thirteen-year old Clare Ferron is looking forward to going back to school. The breasts she had despaired of getting have finally put in an appearance, she’s got a new dog, and, most importantly, she has made a best friend. With her quirky personality, her disinterest in clothes and makeup, and [...]
Plucked alive from among the dead bodies in a lifeboat and brought by ship to the port of Montreal in 1809, Peter figures, based on his size and colouring, that he is 15 or 16 years old and English. Named Peter by the crew of a passing ship, the boy remembers nothing of [...]
The Boys’ and Girls’ Book Clubs have finished reading their first books of the year, The Thief Lord and Inkheart, both by German children’s author extraordinaire Cornelia Funke. Book Club members have discussed characters, located secret villages and abandoned theatres using Google Map, explored a wide range of themes, and tried to find answers [...]
When Allashua announces that she is going out to play hide and seek with her friends, her mother warns her not to go too far away because an Ijiraq might hide her and, that if an Ijiraq hides her, no one will ever be able to find her again. Allashua goes to play hid [...]
