Children's Fiction Girls & Women
Sophie's Friend in Need
A Sophie Alias Star Girl adventure
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2004
- Category
- Girls & Women, General, General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 6
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888784490
- Publish Date
- May 2004
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554886135
- Publish Date
- May 2004
- List Price
- $5.99
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Description
Short-listed for the Chocolate Lily Book Award, 2005
It’s summer 1950, and for 11-year-old French Canadian Sophie LaGrange, Camp Latona on British Columbia’s Gambier Island promises to be pure bliss. But then Sophie has to buddy up with a strange, unfriendly Jewish refugee girl named Ginette and things go sour. Soon Sophie learns that Ginette has her own secrets and anxieties, worries that explain the girl’s seemly bizarre behaviour.
About the author
Awards
- Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award
Contributor Notes
Norma Charles's first children's book, See You Later, Alligator, sold over 100,000 copies.
Editorial Reviews
... the tone carries an a 1950's innocence and allows the reader to explore the coast, the displacement of children after the war, and the power of friendship ... Young girls who have been to camp or are planning on going to camp will find this a fun read.
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Librarian Reviews
Sophie’s Friend in Need: Further Adventures of Sophie Alias Star Girl
Life at summer camp turns sour when Sophie has to buddy up with Ginette – a strange, unfriendly Jewish girl. Danger strikes when Ginette tries to escape in the night.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2006.
