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{"id":6818795847739,"title":"Two Moons in August","handle":"two-moons-in-august","description":"\u003cp\u003eA year after her mother's death, sixteen-year-old Sidonie still spends sleepless nights playing cards with her cat, Bogie. During the day she lies around and reads under the nose of her nineteen-year-old sister, Roberta, who angrily scrubs floors that are already clean and cooks meals that are inedible. Their father, a doctor, comes home when he is too exhausted to remain at work. Only the jazz piano-playing of Roberta's new boyfriend, Phil, brings some relief to the long hot summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen Kieran, an angry sixteen-year-old stranger, comes to their lakeside community. Sidonie discovers that he isn't easy to ignore, and in the weeks that follow, her growing attraction to him is accompanied by more frequent, powerful memories of her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T10:30:47-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T09:11:19-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 0 - 12","By (author) Brooks Martha","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Starred Reviews","Groundwood Books","Middle Grade","pub date: 1990-11-01","Stories from Around the World"],"price":895,"price_min":895,"price_max":895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40247943987259,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888998651","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Two Moons in August - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":895,"weight":109,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780888998651","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40247946707003,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980475","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Two Moons in August - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980475","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40247948640315,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986798","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Two Moons in August - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986798","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_473ae821-ccc4-4fde-bc45-b070b333e0a7.jpg?v=1652074644"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_473ae821-ccc4-4fde-bc45-b070b333e0a7.jpg?v=1652074644","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22040681873467,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.605,"height":499,"width":302,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_473ae821-ccc4-4fde-bc45-b070b333e0a7.jpg?v=1652074644"},"aspect_ratio":0.605,"height":499,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_473ae821-ccc4-4fde-bc45-b070b333e0a7.jpg?v=1652074644","width":302}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA year after her mother's death, sixteen-year-old Sidonie still spends sleepless nights playing cards with her cat, Bogie. During the day she lies around and reads under the nose of her nineteen-year-old sister, Roberta, who angrily scrubs floors that are already clean and cooks meals that are inedible. Their father, a doctor, comes home when he is too exhausted to remain at work. Only the jazz piano-playing of Roberta's new boyfriend, Phil, brings some relief to the long hot summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen Kieran, an angry sixteen-year-old stranger, comes to their lakeside community. Sidonie discovers that he isn't easy to ignore, and in the weeks that follow, her growing attraction to him is accompanied by more frequent, powerful memories of her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
Two Moons in August
Martha Brooks deftly explores the worlds of mourning, family, friendship and love in this moving novel about healing and hope.
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Young readers will easily identify as he wrestles with his spelling, with his writer's insecurity, and with his deep desire to tell Sylvia the truth about what is going on in his life, and in his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Cumyn...is fast becoming one of today's leading Canadian writers for children.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_1":"Alan Cumyn again displays his superb writing chops and keen insights of children in a letter-writing tale that is eventful, funny, openhearted and wise...Cumyn's ear for the poetry of children's language...gives Owen's letters perfect comic timing...Dear Sylvia picks up on characters, feelings and images from its predecessors [The Secret Life of Owen Skye and After Sylvia]...in a way that's natural and illuminating.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"Cumyn...delivers enough Skye family drama...and love-is-a-many-splendoured-thing moments to more than satisfy.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_quote,_res_0":"Sylvia Tull - the girl whose very glance turns Owen's face into a burning tomato - has moved away from the small village where Owen lives with his parents and two brothers. But he still has the birthday gift she gave him - a stationery set, complete with stamped envelopes - because she wants him to keep sending stories.\nSo Owen nervously begins to write Sylvia about all the things that are going on in his life. How his little brother, Leonard, got his head stuck in the banister. The disastrous camping trip with his irritating girl cousins. How his noew baby cousin will only stop screaming if Owen carries her.\nAnd he tells her about the most bewildering drama to hit the Skye household yet, when the boys' father quits his insurance job to write a novel, and all the Skyes have to cope with the consequences.\nReaders and writers of all ages will easily identify as Owen wrestles with his poor spelling, with his writer's insecurity, and with his deep desire to tell Sylvia the truth about what is going on in his life, and in his heart.\n\nAlan Cumyn is a highly acclaimed author of books for children and adults. His most recent novel, The Famished Lover, sequel to The Sojourn (named among the top Canadian novels of 2003 by the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, Maclean's and Quill \u0026 Quire), was long-listed for the Giller Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin literary award.\nAlan's two previous children's books, The Secret Life of Owen Skye and After Sylvia, received rave reviews and award recognition. The Secret Life of Owen Skye won the Mr. Christie Book Award and the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, and was nominated for the Governor General's Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Rocky Mountain Award and the Pacific Northwest Libraries Association Young Readers Choice Award. After Sylvia was nominated for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award as well as the prestigious TD Children's Literature Award. It has also been adapted for the stage.\nAlan is past chari of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN Canada. 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ages 8
to 11
/ grades 3
to 6
Dear Sylvia
The third in the highly praised Owen Skye series following The Secret Life of Owen Skye and After Silvia.
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Our Lady of Pain
After duelling a seductive psychopath in Die With Me, Detective Mark Tartaglia dives into one of London’s darkest scenes to catch a sadistic killer.
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This Groundwork Guide shows that democracy arose as a consequence of very specific historical circumstances and is therefore unlikely to advance.
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The Order of Good Cheer
Master storyteller Bill Gaston bridges land and time in this illuminating historical novel of camaraderie and companionship.
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The English Major
A riotous, moving novel that sends a divorced 60+ former teacher on a road trip across America.
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Hip Hop World
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Guilt About the Past
Internationally acclaimed author Bernhard Schlink (The Reader) explores the phenomenon of guilt in the aftermath of war.
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The Good Body
Bill Gaston's classic hockey novel is a triumphant blend of mordant humour and heartbreak.
