Off the Shelf 2.21 05/05/2010
 The Middle of Everywhere by Monique Polak Fifteen year old Noah Thorpe is spending the school term in George River in Quebec Far North. The Inuit kids call him a Qallunaaq—the Inuktitut word for a non-Inuit person and someone ignorant of the customs of the North. Noah thinks that they have strange ways of looking at the world plus they eat raw meat and blubber and there isn’t even a doctor let alone a McDonalds in town.  Greener Grass by Caroline Pignat This book was a finalist for the 2009 Governor General’s award, the highest award for recognition in literature in Canada. It’s Ireland 1847 and right in the middle of the great famine. Landlords raise rents and tumble cottages leaving thousands homeless and overcome with hunger and disease. Kit’s family is slated for eviction. She will do anything she can to help. But how far will she go? Stealing? Murder?  Wave by Eric Walters The riveting sage of a brother and sister caught in the centre of the 2004 tsunami catastrophe. Told in alternating voices of Sam and Beth this is an unforgettable account of a terrifying and dramatic true event.  What is Stephen Harper Reading by Yann Martel Every two weeks since April 2007, Yann Martel (author of The Life of Pi) has mailed Prime Minister Stephen Harper a book along with a letter encouraging the politician to take time to the time to read life-shaping literary works. This book includes his letters to the PM. His list includes many of the books that most of us have read: The Metamorphosis, A Clockwork Orange, To Kill a Mockingbird Le Petit Prince, and Animal Farm. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. CommentsLeave a Reply | Mr. YasinchukI have more on my to-read list than I have time. Anybody else have that problem...? ArchivesJuly 2010 Categories |
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