Blogs in August 2016

Mr Splitfoot 2nd August 2016

A contemporary gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning. Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house...

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Axle Annie and the Speed Grump 1st August 2016

Axle Annie, Burskyville’s best, most beloved school bus driver, has a big problem, and that problem has a name: Rush Hotfoot. Rush is an absolute menace—always in both a hurry and a bad mood, driving full blast down the...

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Axle Annie 1st August 2016

There’s only one reason that snow never closes school in Burskyville: school bus driver extrordinaire, Axle Annie. She puts the pedal to the metal and gets the bus up the snowy hills every time. Of course, not everyone appreciates...

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The World Before This One 1st August 2016

Crow is a Seneca boy, coming of age in a time of war, in a time before stories. Cast out of the Seneca tribe, Crow and his grandmother struggle merely to find enough food to make it through the...

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The Rough-Face Girl 1st August 2016

This moving adaptation of the classic children’s story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin girl wins the heart of a mysterious being who lives by Lake Ontario near her village. The powerful Invisible Being is looking for a wife,...

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