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Doyle, Brian
3 Reviews
(1)
YA
This sequel to Boy O'Boy finds fifteen-year-old Martin working as a soda company driver's assistant. In addition to work troubles, Martin has to come to terms with his parents' deaths, the institutionalization of his mentally handicapped twin brother, and his guardian's dementia. Doyle offsets the grimness with comedic scenes, and his gentle, affectionate touch makes for a sweet story.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2007
(2)
YA
Despite their rough, though not entirely unhappy, lives, young narrator Martin and his best friend, Billy, are unwitting prey for child molester Mr. George, the organist for the summer boys' choir. Doyle tempers the grimmer aspects of his novel with a sly sense of humor and colorful characters. Set in Ottawa at the end of WWII, the novel deftly depicts a life rich in incident and a community that fails to notice the treachery in its midst.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2004
(1)
4-6
Told in the idiosyncratic voice of young would-be poet Mary Ann Alice McCrank, this is the story of a town faced with the coming of the government dam that will subdue their river and submerge their land. The Quebec setting is beautifully evoked; familiar characters are larger-than-life; plot is discernible but hardly a driving force. Doyle negotiates this novel as one would a changeable river, shifting pace and focus and tone with unerring control.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2002
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