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Brian Doyle (1) (1935–)

Autor/a de Angel Square

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15+ obres 514 Membres 11 Ressenyes

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Brian Doyle was shortlisted for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1998. He has won numerous Canadian awards, including three Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children medals and two Mr. Christie's Book Awards. Brian's many American honors include being selected for mostra'n més ABA Pick of the Lists, the Horn Book Fanfare list, and the New York Public Library's Best Books for the Teen Age mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: School Services of Canada

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Obres de Brian Doyle

Angel Square (1984) 67 exemplars
Hoping for Home: Stories of Arrival (2011) — Col·laborador — 57 exemplars
Pure Spring (2007) 48 exemplars
Boy O'Boy (2003) 41 exemplars
Uncle Ronald (1996) 38 exemplars
Easy Avenue (1987) 37 exemplars
Mary Ann Alice (2001) 32 exemplars
Covered Bridge (1990) 29 exemplars
Spud Sweetgrass (1992) 27 exemplars
Up to Low (1982) 22 exemplars
Spud in Winter (1995) 18 exemplars
Hey, Dad! (1978) 16 exemplars

Obres associades

The Unseen: Scary Stories (1994) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
The Horrors: Terrifying Tales (2005) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Close Ups (2000) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars

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Spud Sweetgrass likes his job selling French fries, his girlfriend Connie Pan, and his best friend, Dink the Thinker. He didn't like the fact that somebody is dumping grease in the Ottawa River and polluting his favorite beach.
 
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jhawn | Jul 31, 2017 |
In 1945 in Ottawa's Lowertown, Tommy, also known as The Shadow, and two of his friends, one French Canadian, One Irish, try to find out who attacked the father of their Jewish friend Sammy.
 
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jhawn | Jul 31, 2017 |
"If they seem big to you from here, they won't seem as big when you get there. Everything is different than it looks to be. The lakes that seem big and deep are small and shallow. The lakes that seem small and shallow are big and deep. The land that looks kind is cruel. The sky that looks fierce is friendly."

This book has only just over 100 pages but it has managed to make me fall asleep more times than any of the 600 page novels I read recently, and this even although the premise of the book looks interesting:

13-year-old Megan's family is spending the summer holidays on a road trip with her family. Packed up in the car the family drives from Ottawa all across Canada to Vancouver. The only problem - Megan does not want to be there. Very early on she falls out with her dad, and most of the book is about her being a (stereo-)typical teenager.

Doyle succeeds in capturing that mood of Megan's not wanting to go on the trip, and her boredom, and her embarrassment when her father tries too hard to be cool. Where the book falls flat is in the plot. Not much happens until the last quarter of the book, and even then, the narration is kept so short that many of the interesting points about this coming of age story are lost or aren't explored at all.
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BrokenTune | Aug 21, 2016 |
Aimed at young adult readers, this novel tells us about the eccentric residents of the village, Mushrat Creek, in Eastern Quebec. The story centres around the covered bridge in the village as seen through the eyes of Hubbo, an orphan who has moved there with his aunt. He wonders why the local postman always stops for a few minutes in the bridge while making his twice daily delivery of the mail. Father Foley, the local priest is noted for his fiery Sunday sermons is found dead one morning in the bridge. What killed him? Then there is the crazy goat.

The narrative is spiced with humour and loveable characters who populate this village near the Gatineau River. Readers, who have a knowledge of the geography of the area, will recognize places such as Kazabazua, Brennan's Hill, Low and Farrelton.
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lamour | Nov 26, 2014 |

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Obres
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Membres
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Popularitat
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½ 3.3
Ressenyes
11
ISBN
204
Llengües
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