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Andrea Spalding 2-Book Bundle
Year
2015
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Dundurn Press
Summary
Presenting a special 2-book bundle of Andrea Spalding's award-winning books for kids! Includes: An Island of My OwnForest of Reading Silver Birch Award - ShortlistedManitoba Young Readers' Award - ShortlistedFifteen-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. 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.