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Children's Fiction Physical & Emotional Abuse

Uncle Ronald

by (author) Brian Doyle

Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Nov 2004
Category
Physical & Emotional Abuse, General, Humorous Stories
Recommended Age
9 to 13
Recommended Grade
4 to 8
Recommended Reading age
9 to 13
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888996213
    Publish Date
    Nov 2004
    List Price
    $9.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554980482
    Publish Date
    Oct 1996
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award, and a Horn Book Fanfare Selection

Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can't remember what he ate for lunch today, but he can remember every detail of what happened one hundred years ago, when he and his mother ran away from his violent father to take refuge in the hills north of Ottawa.

Brilliantly combining humor and tragedy, the award-winning Uncle Ronald is one of Brian Doyle's most emotionally powerful novels.

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.

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Awards

  • Long-listed, OLA Red Maple Award
  • Short-listed, Hans Christian Andersen Awards
  • Winner, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award
  • Winner, Mr. Christie's Book Award
  • Winner, ABA "Pick of the Lists"
  • Winner, Fanfare Selection from the Horn Book

Editorial Reviews

This is vintage Doyle: the author at his best, and the reader fully satisfied.

Montreal Gazette

Doyle has a wonderful grasp of time and place. His unique storytelling voice weaves sound, sight...into an unusual whole.

School Library Journal

Uncle Ronald is tragicomedy set to an Irish jig.

Quill & Quire

[Doyle] is at the top of his form in Uncle Ronald, with all his trademark skills well hones and in tight control.

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A not-to-be-missed read - for the evocation of setting, for the genuine feel of the lively local stories, and for the sheer joy of Doyle's prose.

Horn Book

...a courageous novel that leads you through the darkness and out into the light; a novel that makes you laugh and cry, as only Doyle, Brian can.

Books in Canada

...this is a tender, sad and wonderful book.

Globe and Mail

I can't think of a better book for a child who needs a sense of comfort and hope for the future.

Canadian Children's Literature - CBRA

...the freshness of the writing, the richness of the cast, and the resilience of the comedy will draw the author's fans.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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