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list price: $9.99

edition:Paperback

category: Children's Fiction

published: Sep 2007

ISBN:9780439937511

publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd

Very Serious Children

by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Joe Weissmann

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5 of 5

1 rating

list price: $9.99

edition:Paperback

category: Children's Fiction

published: Sep 2007

ISBN:9780439937511

publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd

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Nicky (Nickelodeon Ha Ha Grant) is not feeling too ha ha. Maybe because he's on the road again with Mr. Fudge's Fantastic Flyers, trundling through the prairies in a camper covered with glued-on trinkets and beside a little brother who keeps crying. Maybe because he's sick of being carsick, and of eating rollmops for breakfast every day. Maybe because he'd rather go to real school than correspondence school. Maybe because, more than anything, he wants a real friend. Then the tiny circus troupe arrives in Halo, Saskatchewan, and things start to change? Caroline Adderson has written a tender, funny and wise children's novel, reminiscent of Polly Horvath, Jerry Spinelli and Roald Dahl — with perhaps a drop of Corner Gas.

About the Authors

Caroline Adderson

CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of four novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces) and two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You), as well as many books for young readers. Published in eleven countries, her work has received numerous award nominations, including for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Winner of three BC Book Prizes and three CBC Literary Prizes, Caroline was also the recipient of the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement. She is the program director of the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

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Joe Weissmann was born in Austria and came to Canada at the age of eleven. He studied art at the Museum of Fine Arts and Concordia University in Montreal and taught illustration at Sheridan College for six years. An award-winning illustrator, Joe works for book and magazine publishers in Canada and the United States and lives in rural Ontario with his wife and his old cat, Alfie. For more information, visit www.joeweissmann.com.

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Contributor Notes

Caroline Adderson is a gifted writer of adult fiction---two novels and two short story collections -- and is the recent winner of the 2006 Marian Engel Award. Her Lastest collection of short stories, Pleased to Meet You, made the 2006 Giller Prize long list. Applying her talents to Children's Literature, her voice is equally freah and exciting.

Age:: 9 to 12
Grade:: 4

Awards

Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice)
Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice)
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre

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Very Serious Children

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Growing up in a circus has its perks. But as the Fantastic Flyers travel across the Prairies, Nicky and Saggy dream of living in a real house and eating real food. Includes illustrations.

Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2008.

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