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Week in Review: Ontario Continued

Posted by on Jul 9, 2014 in Book Reviews, Ontario, Week in Review | 0 comments

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The Alphabet Stones by Ursula Pflug

Posted by on Jul 4, 2014 in Book Reviews, Ontario | 0 comments

Summary: Living on a commune with her older sister Alana and her best friend Ethan, Jody encounters a particularly difficult summer during her fourteen year when everything seems to change, thrusting her into a new life she wasn’t anticipating. Looking back years later, the story of that summer and the years following come flowing out of her, and Jody is able to examine the details of what was really going on, turning over the events in her mind. Resolution comes when Jody encounters people from her past, but the truth of her heritage might mean she is caught between two worlds...

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Week in Review: Ontario Continued

Posted by on Jul 2, 2014 in Book Reviews, Ontario, Week in Review | 0 comments

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Yesterday’s Dead by Pat Bourke

Posted by on Jun 27, 2014 in Book Reviews, Ontario | 0 comments

Summary: Thirteen year-old Meredith is headed to Toronto to work asĀ  domestic servant after her father’s death leaves her family with a lot of debt. It’s 1918 and nearing the end of World War I when the Spanish Flu hits soon after Meredith starts working at the Watertons. One by one, those in charge of the household contract the deadly flu, and Meredith is left to take care of them all with minimal help from Dr. Waterton’s entitled daughter Margaret. Fighting to keep everyone alive will test them both but ultimately not everyone will survive. Number of Pages: 256 Age Range:...

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Week in Review: Ontario, featuring Kevin Sylvester

Posted by on Jun 4, 2014 in Book Reviews, Ontario, Week in Review | 0 comments

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