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Title: |
The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley |
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| By (author): |
Jan Andrews |
| ISBN10-13: |
192653168X : 9781926531687 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
215x140mm |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Weight: |
.235 Kg. |
| Published: |
Yellow Dog - March 2013 |
| List Price: |
8.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage) |
| When no one listens, what's the point of talking?Kyle McGinley doesnâ t say a word. Fed up with being shuttled from one foster care home to another, he has stopped speaking. But at the home of Scott and Jill Wardman, with the help of a crow, and a swamp, and an excess of blank paint, he begins to think that maybe, just maybe, life could be better.As long as his frigging dad doesn't mess things up. |
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WINNER, Moonbeam Award for Young Adult Fiction, Gold Medal SELECTION, Best Bets of 2013, The Ontario Library Association STARRED SELECTION, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2013 "utterly gorgeous! In a well—paced, beautifully spare prose, Andrews charts the journey of a boy faced with the most difficult task of his life: making friends with a darkly mysterious, frightened and unhappy stranger: himself." —Tim Wynne—Jones, author of Blink & Caution - -
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"From the moment we first meet Kyle, a ward of the state, we care deeply about this abused and silent boy. The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley is an unsentimental celebration of courage, kindness and hard-won hope. Jan Andrews is at the top of her game." — Sarah Ellis , author of Odd Man Out
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Silent Summer
is utterly gorgeous! In a well-paced, beautifully spare prose, Andrews charts the journey of a boy faced with the most difficult task of his life: making friends with a darkly mysterious, frightened and unhappy stranger: himself." — Tim Wynne-Jones , author of Blink & Caution
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"[ Silent Summer ] teaches, it exposes, it shares, and it entertains. It opens one's eyes. Isn't that what every good story should do?" — CanLit for Little Canadians
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"With his well-placed sarcasm and keen observations, Kyle is an authentic teen character that we immediately identify with." — Canadian Children's Book News
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"Andrews has created a character with whom young readers will have empathy, with whom they will laugh and cry, and someone they will not soon forget." — Highly recommended, CM Magazine
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