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Buffie, Margaret
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
The Dodd family seeks a fresh start by moving to Black Spruce Lodge in rural Canada after sixteen-year-old Bernice threatens to call child services on her alcoholic mother. Buffie presents Bernie's pain and her inner strength with a minimum of guile. The dialogue is sharp and the setting and characters are poetically depicted through Bernie's troubled eyes.
Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett
(4)
YA
Watcher's Quest series.
Emma, who thought she was a normal girl and now knows she's a Watcher from another world (and that her changeling Earth sister is a princess), attempts to find her Earth mother's real daughter. Only fans of The Watcher will enjoy this sequel to the fantasy: the quick recap of the first book's extremely complex plot is hard to follow, and the sequel is just as convoluted, though it has a more satisfying conclusion.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander
(4)
YA
After relocating to Winnipeg with her newly separated mother, teenage Addie develops agoraphobia. Apartment-bound, she becomes involved in the complicated lives of her neighbors and, with the aid of a talking parrot and a ghostly visitor, unravels a mystery concerning the deceased owner of the building. The dramatic action is dulled by an overly detailed narrative that records every word of conversational minutiae.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
3 reviews
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