Off the Shelf 2.20 05/05/2010
Bow Grip by Ivan Coyote Those that heard Ivan speak are aware that this is her first novel. Joey is a good-hearted mechanic from small-town Alberta whose wife recently left him for another woman. When a stranger named James approaches his shop and agrees to purchase a beat-up blue Volvo in exchange for a beautiful, hand-crafted cello, Joey see it as an opportunity to finally make some overdue changes in his life. Me, Myself & Ike by K.L. Denman An eye-awaking story about a teenager coming to grips with his mental illness. Kit Latimer used to be happy. He had a beautiful girlfriend, a few close friends, and a solid family life. Now his only friend is the enigmatic and possibly deranged Ike, who convinces Kit to undertake a secret and very dangerous mission. Increasingly alienated, paranoid, and confused, Kit stands to lose everything—including his life—if Ike has his way. Seaweed in the Soup by Stanley Evans The fifth mystery in the popular series, Seaweed in the Soup, combines hard-boiled mystery narrative with the mythology of the Coast Salish people of the west coast. Victoria is known as the garden city, but when a gardener is found dead and a policeman’s wife is killed things begin to smell not so fragrant. Police detective Silas Seaweed begins to suspect that these murders are related to the recent wave of gang-related crime that is sweeping British Columbia. His quest to find the killers leads him from the loud and steamy nightclubs of Victoria to the remote and quiet islands of Desolation Sound. Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors by Charis Cotter We all have a story to tell! But these six authors including Phillip Pullman, E.B. White, and C.S Lewis were extraordinary children who transformed their early struggles into spellbinding bedtime reading that have become staples in the literary. Check out their stories! CommentsLeave a Reply |
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