Summary
It is the hot prairie summer of her twelfth year and Elsie is at a crossroads. Her beloved mother who is mentally ill has been hospitalized, and Elsie thinks that the breakdown is all her fault. Mental illness is simply not discussed in Elsie’s close-knit Mennonite community and she is rudderless. Nothing Elsie does seems to go right- there’s no pleasing her bossy older sister; she forgets to feed the cat, so her father gives it away; she’s supposed to watch out for her younger sister, but sh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780887767425 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0887767427 |
| Author: | Anita Horrocks |
| Publisher: | Tundra Books |
| Imprint: | Tundra Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 133mm x 19mm |
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Praise for Topher:“[Topher] gives mystery fans ages 10 to 12 exactly what they want… [It] can stimulate a young reader’s curiosity (and pulse rate) from start to finish.” — Quill & Quire“…a dramatic, suspenseful story that will keep you wondering and guessing right to the end.” — Lethbridge HeraldPraise for What They Don’t Know:“…riveting…” — London Free Press
About The Author
Anita Horrocks
Anita Horrocks has published three previous award-winning novels for young adults, Topher, What They Don’t Know, and Breath of a Ghost. Almost Eden is her first novel to draw on her own Mennonite background growing up in southern Manitoba. Anita has two stepchildren and two grandchildren. She and her husband live in Lethbridge, Alberta.
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