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Children's Fiction Adolescence

Covered Bridge /hc

by (author) Brian Doyle

Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Oct 1990
Category
Adolescence, General, Country Life
Recommended Age
9 to 12
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
Recommended Reading age
9 to 12
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888991225
    Publish Date
    Oct 1990
    List Price
    $18.95

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Out of print

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Description

Winner of the Governor General's Award and the Mr. Christie's Book Award

In this award-winning paean to country life we find Hubbo O'Driscoll, whom we first met in Easy Avenue, now living in the lower Gatineau with his guardian aunt and uncle. When the local covered bridge -- home to a wayward ghost and her lovelorn postman -- is threatened by development, Hubbo must devise a strategy to save it.

About the author

Brian Doyle is a four-time winner of the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award. His American honors include being selected for the Horn Book's Fanfare List, the ABA "Pick of the Lists" and the New York Public Library's Best Books for the Teen Age. He has also won the NSK Neustadt Prize, the Phoenix Honor Award, and he has been named a finalist for the Hans Christian Anderson Award. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec.

Brian Doyle's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Mr. Christie's Book Award
  • Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Awards: Text

Editorial Reviews

Doyle's humour is again omnipresent.

CM Magazine

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