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Author: Caroline Stellings
Publisher: Second Story Press
Imprint: Second Story Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 20.80cm
Weight: 0.159kg
ISBN: 9781772600117
ISBN 10: 1772600113
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 13 September 2016
Recommended Age: From 13 to 19 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A unique story about a fascinating place and time.-- School Library Journal Caroline Stellings composes a story that is both embedded in the [1970s] yet universal in its themes of acceptance, tolerance, and family. By taking Easy on a journey both spatially from Saskatoon to Albuquerque and Texas and back, and emotionally as she struggles with acknowledgement of her own family's secrets and story, Caroline Stellings creates an alluring, cross-country excursion of the soul and heart which ends with finding enlightenment, sometimes closer to home than you might expect.-- CanLit for Little Canadians Caroline Stellings gives us more than just your typical gal-pal road trip... [she] gives us a fantastic piece of historical fiction that takes us from one extreme to another with a strong relatable character.-- Canadian Children's Book News Easy is a believable mix of perceptiveness and naivety, with an engaging and sardonic voice.... Stellings succeeds in providing a vivid glimpse of a little-known slice of Canadian history that will make young readers think more deeply about race and social justice.-- Quill & Quire Easy is a delightful character... a charming novel.-- Historical Novels Review Freedom's Just Another Word is an extraordinary novel with a courageous narrator.... Easy's journey is not an easy one in this novel; however, she makes some very difficult choices with dignity. ... The portrait of Janis Joplin is brutally honest and fascinating, and adds a historical dimension to this beautifully written novel.-- CM: Canadian Review of Materials Stellings handles these heavy topics deftly, with Easy's confidence and humour.-- Resource Links This is a great coming-of age story set in the still highly racial year of 1970.--Cassandra Hillegass Kutztown Review Time spent with this strong, savvy female protagonist is time well spent...-- Kirkus Reviews With good dialogue, an attractive main character, unexpected humour, and real history thrown in, this is an important book that teens will find compelling reading.-- Winnipeg Free Press
Author Information
Caroline Stellings is an award-winning author and illustrator. Her first book in the Nicki Haddon Mystery series was The Scratch on the Ming Vase. Her book The Contest, part of the Gutsy Girl series, won the 2009 ForeWord Book of the Year Award and was a finalist for the 2010/11 Hackmatack prize. Besides her many books for children and young adults, she is also the writer of The Nancy Drew Crookbook, a long running series in The Sleuth magazine. She lives in Waterdown, Ontario.
