Awards

• Commended for Top Grade: CanLit for the Classroom selection 2011 (Canada)

Overview

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Author:   Marina Cohen
Publisher:   Natural Heritage Books
Imprint:   Natural Heritage Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.163kg
ISBN:  

9781554889648

ISBN 10:   1554889642
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Prologue: A Road Trip, A Road Trip!: Manhattan, 2007; Go For Broke: Bracknell, England 2005; Put Up Your Dukes & Write!: New York City, 1940s; Ragged & Ecstatic Joy: Denver, 1940s; A Plank Where All the Angels Dove Off: San Francisco, 1940s-1960s; Rough and Hard and Extreme: Mexico, 1950s-1960s; Not Akin to Lustful Thoughts: Europe and Africa, 1950s-1960s; The Perfect Ecstasy: Lowell, 1920s to Present; Golden Ash, Blissful Emptiness: New England, 1890s-1960s; It Was Pure, in My Heart: New Jersey and New York, 1920s-1990s; Canada Was My Bosom of God: Quebec, 1950s-1960s and Early Years; Down into the Darks: Southern United States, 1940s-1960s; Everything is Ecstasy: Central United States, 1940s-1990s; Epilogue -- Five Million of Stars: Quebec and Toronto; Index.

Reviews

This is a story that will appeal to many middle school students. It has enough truth and fantasy mixed together to create an interesting and fast moving plotline. - Resource Links, 2011

Author has been nominated for the 2011 Red Maple Award for Ghost Ride, her first Dundurn teen novel.

Author Information

Marina Cohen is an elementary school teacher in the York Region District School Board. She has been nominated for the Sunburst, Red Maple Award, Rocky Mountain Book Award, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, and been an OLA Best Bet, JGL selection, and Amazon Book of the Month. She is the author of Chasing the White Witch, Ghost Ride. She lives in Markham, Ontario.

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