Spinning Ava Lee’s Web

2014-03-15T20:19:24-04:00

Most readers picking up The Disciple of Las Vegas will have previously met Ava Lee in the first volume of the series, The Water Rat of Wanchai. Nonetheless, one could begin reading the series with this volume. Indeed, in some ways it provides a clearer understanding of some

Spinning Ava Lee’s Web2014-03-15T20:19:24-04:00

Looking for a new heroine? Please, meet Ava Lee

2014-03-15T20:19:59-04:00

Or perhaps you've already been introduced? I'm a little late to the Spiderline* party. Ava's big-screen deal has already taken shape, but we've only just  met. She has developed quite the reputation since The Water Rat of Wanchai was published last January. When she meets Captain Robbins in Guyana, in

Looking for a new heroine? Please, meet Ava Lee2014-03-15T20:19:59-04:00

Grace McCleen’s The Land of Decoration (2012)

2014-03-15T19:47:37-04:00

Ten-year-old Judith isn't very concerned that Armageddon is coming. In fact, she's not sorry that soon "nothing of this old world will be left". "[I]t’s good because polar bears are starving and trees are dying and if you put a plastic bag in the earth it will never

Grace McCleen’s The Land of Decoration (2012)2014-03-15T19:47:37-04:00

BHM: Another Untold Story

2021-02-01T10:56:07-05:00

Both The Hanging of Angélique and Black Indians discuss what is not commonly discussed, what has been habitually overlooked, what has been deliberately concealed. They are the sort of non-fiction that compels readers to nudge and/or wake those around them, with a stream of indignant DidYouKnow's and CanYouBelieve's. HarperCollins, 2006 Afua

BHM: Another Untold Story2021-02-01T10:56:07-05:00

An Assortment of Kidlit: Four Books

2025-11-17T11:38:55-05:00

A giraffe and a cat. Origami gone wild. A fantastic book of transformative tales. A word-lovin' ol' woman, and a sword-wielding girl. The first of these two came to me via Shelagh Rogers' The Next Chapter on CBC. (It's worth repeating; her enthusiasm about all kinds of storytelling is wholly contagious.)

An Assortment of Kidlit: Four Books2025-11-17T11:38:55-05:00
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