| I'll Be Home Soon Contributor(s): Armstrong, Luanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1553801806 ISBN-13: 9781553801801 Publisher: Ronsdale Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: July 2012 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Age Level: 10-14 |
| Grade Level: 5-9 |
| Lexile Measure: 640(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.5" L (0.50 lbs) 170 pages |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2012 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In I'll Be Home Soon, Luanne Armstrong takes the reader on a tension-filled ride as Regan, a young girl living in the inner city, searches for her mother who has mysteriously disappeared. Homeless but by no means helpless, Regan is on her own much of the time but also receives help from a wide diversity of people: a young homeless boy like herself, her kung fu teacher, a university researcher, her grandmother, and a group of people who survive as bottle pickers. On the street, she must learn who it is she can truly trust, and it is not always those whom she (and the reader) might expect. Through her search for her mother, and in her connections with the people who truly help and care for her, Regan discovers her own inner strength and independence. In this fast-paced and sensitive story, Armstrong draws us into the shadowy and difficult side of inner-city life to show us both the dark and compassionate sides of the people who survive in its midst. |
Contributor Bio(s): Armstrong, Luanne: - Luanne Armstrong, MFA, Ph.D, is a novelist, freelance writer, editor, and publisher. She is deeply interested in writing about place and nature. Her research interests also include the ethics of autobiographical writing, ecological identity, and writing as inquiry. She has published over fifty stories and essays in magazines and journals, and is the author of fourteen books, including poetry, novels, and children's books. She has been nominated for numerous prizes and awards. Her first novel, Annie was a best-seller in Germany. Her YA novel, Jeannie and the Gentle Giants, was nominated for Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year, the Sheila Egoff BC Book Prize Award and the Red Cedar Award. It placed second in the Silver Birch Award. It was also named by McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg as one of their top ten all time best children's books.Luanne has taught Creative Writing for many years at the college level including at Langara College, and at summer schools in BC and Alberta. She is a popular speaker and workshop leader at writing conferences. She is presently working on a book about the ethics of autobiographical writing for Pacific Educational Press as well as a book of essays about environmental ethics. She is an adjunct professor of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. |
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