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True Confessions of a Heartless Girl

Martha Brooks

Type:

Fiction

Category:

Social Themes

Theme:

Runaways

Language:

English

Publisher:

Groundwood Books Ltd

Grade Level:

7

Age Range:

12

Where to buy it

Amazon
Apple Books

Description

Acclaimed novelist Martha Brooks has written an unforgettable story about a terribly complex heroine and the effects she has on those around her.
In the midst of a heaven-rattling summer storm a young stranger blows into a small prairie town. On the run after taking her latest boyfriend's truck, with a pocketful of stolen money and a heart full of pain, seventeen-year-old Noreen Stall seems to invite trouble. And trouble comes soon enough, as Noreen's new mistakes trigger calamities that shake the lives of the residents of Pembina Lake. Acclaimed novelist Martha Brooks has written an unforgettable and award-winning story about a terribly complex heroine and the effects she has on those around her.

Contributors

MARTHA BROOKS is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Australia, as well as in Canada and the United States. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Formats

ISBN13: 9780888995698

Publication Date: 10/01/2003

Price: $14.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781554986781

Publication Date: 10/01/2002

Price: $9.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781554980468

Publication Date: 10/01/2002

Price: $9.95 CAD

Awards

Governor General's Literary Awards: TextWinner

OLA White Pine AwardLong-listed

Ruth Schwartz AwardShort-listed

CLA Young Adult Canadian Book AwardWinner

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