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Children's Fiction Orphans & Foster Homes

Marina's Star

by (author) Linda Brousseau

translated by David Homel

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1997
Category
Orphans & Foster Homes
Recommended Age
7 to 12
Recommended Grade
3 to 6
Recommended Reading age
7 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550285765
    Publish Date
    Jan 1997
    List Price
    $8.95

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Description

Marina is an orphan who wants to find her “real” mother. But when she finally does, no one will believe her. What should Marina do?
If she doesn't tell her mother who she is, they might be separated forever!

About the authors

LINDA BROUSSEAU is an award-winning Quebec writer. She is the author of six children\s books and two plays.'

Linda Brousseau's profile page

David Homel was born in Chicago in 1952 and left that city in 1970 for Paris, living in Europe the next few years on odd jobs and odder couches. He has published eight novels, from Electrical Storms in 1988 to The Teardown, which won the Paragraph Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2019. He has also written young adult fiction with Marie-Louise Gay, directed documentary films, worked in TV production, been a literary translator, journalist, and creative writing teacher. He has translated four books for Linda Leith Publishing: Bitter Roase (2015), (2016), Nan Goldin: The Warrior Medusa (2017) and Taximan (2018). Lunging into the Underbrush is his first book of non-fiction. He lives in Montreal.

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Editorial Reviews

“A touching story...”

<I>Le Journal de Montreal</I>

“A touching story...”

<I>Le Journal de Montreal</I>

“A touching story...”

<I>Le Journal de Montreal</I>

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