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Publisher:Dundurn Press, 2015Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: Spalding, AndreaDate:Created2015Summary:
Presenting a special 2-book bundle of Andrea Spalding’s award-winning books for kids! “Highly Recommended!” — CM Magazine, for An Island of My Own “I would rate Finders Keepers a five — that’s a wow.” — Shuswap Market News, for Finder’ Keepers Includes: An Island of My Own Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted Manitoba Young Readers’ Award — Shortlisted Fifteen-year-old Rowan, whose parents are foreign correspondents working in Africa, finds herself beached for a summer with her cousins near Tofino, B.C. Desperate for a summer project, she camps out on a nearby island to watch an endangered group of sea otters, and stumbles across a real-estate agent whose plans threaten the animals and the whole island’s ecosystem. Finders Keepers Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted Violet Downey IODE Book Award — Shortlisted Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature — Shortlisted While walking through a neighbourhood field, Danny finds an 8,000-year-old arrowhead. His friend Joshua, who lives on the Peigan reserve at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, joins him on buffalo hunts, powwows, archaeological digs, and a break-in at the local museum, while he and Danny learn about history and gain the self-confidence to overcome dyslexia.
Genre:Original Publisher: Toronto, DundurnLanguage(s): English