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Children's Fiction Mysteries & Detective Stories

Clearcut Danger

by (author) Lesley Choyce

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Jan 1995
Category
Mysteries & Detective Stories, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780887802140
    Publish Date
    Jan 1995
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887802133
    Publish Date
    Jan 1993
    List Price
    $8.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 11 to 16
  • Grade: 6 to 9
  • Reading age: 11 to 16

Description

At first, Ryan Cooper thinks a new pulp and paper mill in East Harbour will be a good thing, providing employment for the residents of his home town. But Ryan's girlfriend Alana is more worried about the mill's environmental impact - clearcutting and pollution. Worse, Alana discovers that the mill is going to be built on sacred Micmac land.
When they find the official environmental study, it turns out there are a lot of unanswered questions about the proposal. All of a sudden Ryan and Alana are in the middle of a fight that could tear their community apart.

About the author

No one has a clearer view of Atlantic Canada's literary endeavours over the past twenty years than Lesley Choyce. He is the founder of the literary journal Pottersfield Portfolio, and the publisher of Pottersfield Press. He has edited several fiction anthologies and has been the in-house editor of many books from Pottersfield Press including Making Waves, a collection of stories by emerging authors from Atlantic Canada. He is the author of more than fifty books in genres ranging from poetry and essays to autobiography, history and fiction for adults, young adults, and children. Among his recent books are the novels The Republic of Nothing, World Enough, and Cold Clear Morning, and the story collection Dance the Rocks Ashore. Choyce is the writer, host, and co-producer of the popular literary show television program, Off the Page with Lesley Choyce, which is broadcast across the country on Vision TV. He also teaches in the English department of Dalhousie University in Halifax and is leader of the rock band The Surf Poets.

Lesley Choyce's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection

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