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Sophie's Friend in Need

A Sophie Alias Star Girl adventure

by (author) Norma Charles

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
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888784490
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $9.95
  • 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.

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