Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Caroline Adderson
Publisher:   Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Imprint:   Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.10cm
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9781554981311

ISBN 10:   155498131
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   08 March 2012
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

Table of Contents

Reviews

Two-time Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winner Caroline Adderson is that rare bird: a writer who brings to the middle-grade novel the artistry and respect it deserves...To write them requires a particular skill set, one that Adderson exhibits in spades. --Quill and Quire, starred review <br><br> Highly Recommended. --CM Magazine <br>

'Do you understand now, boys, why I can't ever go into an old folks' home? Who would help me with my gas?'<br> 'The nurses, ' I said.<br> 'Ha. They won't. They'll put me in diapers and leave me in the corner.'<br> 'You're too old for diapers, Mrs. Burt, ' Artie said.<br> 'Darn right I am.' <br>-- from the book

Author Information

Caroline Adderson is the author of several award-winning books for adults as well as for children. Her works of adult fiction (Bad Imaginings, A History of Forgetting, Pleased to Meet You and The Sky Is Falling) have been nominated for the Governor General's Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. She is a three-time CBC Literary Award winner, two-time winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and recipient of the 2006 Marian Engel Award for her body of work. Adderson's children's books include I, Bruno (nominated for the Chocolate Lily and Shining Willow book awards), Very Serious Children (winner of the Diamond Willow Award and shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain Book Award) and Jasper John Dooley (Spring 2012, Kids Can). She lives in Vancouver with her husband, filmmaker Bruce Sweeney, and their son, Patrick.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions