GOOD READS FROM ACORN PRESS
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The ANNEthology: A Collection of Kindred Spirits Inspired by the Canadian Icon (by Paul Coccia, Hope Dalvay, Matthew Dawkins, Natasha Deen, Judith Graves, Shari Green, Mere Joyce, Deirdre Kessler, Susie Moloney, and Susan White - edited by Judith Graves and Robin Sutherland) Join ten of Canada’s top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada’s favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures. The ANNEthology offers serious “scope for the imagination” for all readers.
The Creator’s Plan (by Richard Pellissier-Lush, art by Jessica Jerome) As a Mi’kmaq child, Richard Pellissier-Lush grew looking different than other Indigenous children. He didn’t feel he fit in with the non- Indigenous or the Indigenous children he knew. But his mother continually reminding him that he was part of the Creator’s plan empowered him to embrace his culture no matter what he looked like. Such a Winter’s Day (by Susan White) It’s 2021, and the housing crisis has reached Saint John, New Brunswick. At eighty-one, Hank Lowman is forced onto the streets when a developer buys the rooming house where he’s been living. Such A Winter’s Day is a moving exploration of human rights and justice, and the lasting power of friendship. 4
Butter Tart Island (by Hope Dalvay) Jane’s life is about to change, big-time…and she’s okay with that. Twelve-year-old Jane Smith isn’t surprised when her parents announce they’re relocating. This is nothing new. Jane arrives on Prince Edward Island at the worst possible time: the horrible, terrible, dreadful winter of 2015. Not exactly the best time to make new friends. That all changes when Jane becomes pen pals with Random Radcliff.
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The Baby Train (by Stella Shepard) Thrust into the foster care system from an early age, Apple moves from house to house on Prince Edward Island without finding a home until she’s a teenager and is taken in by a couple who never managed to have children themselves. When she falls pregnant, her foster parents are keen to raise the baby with Apple still in the house—to live as a family. That opportunity is torn from Apple by members of the Catholic Church along with social workers and government officials. The shameful legacy of forced and coerced adoption in Eastern Canada is brought to life in this sweeping sequel to Ashes of My Dreams .
Turk (by Fred MacDonald with Glenna Jenkins ) The New York Rangers headed into the 2021-22 regular NHL season with a head coach determined to make the Blueshirts a Stanley Cup contender. That coach was Gerard “Turk” Gallant. The Prince Edward Island-born Turk Gallant had an extraordinary hockey career. NY Rangers GM Chris Drury saw Turk’s experience as an asset. With his nine years of head coaching in the NHL, Turk was hired to lead the young Rangers team to new heights throughout the 2021-22 season. And that he did. Under Turk’s leadership, the Rangers went from young underdogs to the Stanley Cup playoffs!
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