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Children's Fiction Prejudice & Racism

A Friend Like Zilla

by (author) Rachna Gilmore

Publisher
Second Story Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1995
Category
Prejudice & Racism, Bullying, Neurodiversity
Recommended Age
8 to 13
Recommended Grade
3 to 8
Recommended Reading age
9 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780929005713
    Publish Date
    Jun 1995
    List Price
    $7.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926739243
    Publish Date
    Jan 1995
    List Price
    $4.99

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Description

Nobby meets Zilla, who is developmentally disabled, while on holiday. But Uncle Chad is prejudiced towards Zilla. Attitudes change when Uncle Chad gets hurt and Zilla comes to the rescue.

About the author

Rachna Gilmore is the critically acclaimed Governor General's Award winning author of numerous books with multiple honours and awards. Her publications include picture books, early readers, middle grade and young adult novels, as well as adult fiction. Her books are sold internationally with translations in French, Danish, German, Korean, Dutch, Spanish, Urdu, Bengali, Chinese as well as several other languages.
Rachna's fantasy novel, The Sower of Tales, won the National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Book Award, and was nominated for the Red Maple Award and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. Her YA novel, A Group of One, (published by Henry Holt, and now available in paperback in Canada, published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside) received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor citation and was included in the New York Public Library's Best Books for the Teen Age list.
A student of life, Rachna loves to explore the ideas that spark and seize her imagination, as well as to play with words. She calls the process of creating books plarking - work, she says, is too tedious and grinding a word to describe the delight of the creative process, and play doesn't quite convey the real time and effort that goes into completing a book, whereas plarking covers it all, especially as it also reflects the joy and song of larking about.
Born in India, Rachna has lived in London, England, Prince Edward Island, and now lives in Ottawa. A skilled and experienced presenter, Rachna loves to share her enthusiasm for reading and writing; she has given readings and workshops in schools, libraries and conferences across the country as well as internationally.
Website: www.rachnagilmore.ca.

 

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