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		<title>Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas</title>
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I must admit, I&#8217;m embarrassingly late to jump on the Rosie Thomas train. I consider myself an avid reader, yet I hadn&#8217;t even heard of this author until I was handed a free copy of her novel at Book Expo    Canada this past June. Much to my surprise, Iris and Ruby is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Horseman&#8217;s Graves by Jacqueline Baker</title>
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Set in a small town on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border, Baker breathes life into its dusty farmlands and passion into an ordinary German community with layers upon layers of meaning &#8212; a pleasant surprise from a first-time novelist. 
The Horseman&#8217;s Graves tells the story of Lathias, a half-breed farmhand, only a boy himself, who becomes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tess of the D&#8217;Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy</title>
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Responsibility and Consequences
&#8220;I will not desert you! I will protect you by every means in my power, dearest love, whatever you may have done or not have done!&#8221; (p.386)
Oh Mr. Hardy, must the female protagonist always die?
In the case of Tess of the D&#8217;Urbervilles, the answer is a yes. But not before struggling for her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Cut by Steven Bach</title>
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Where Angels Fear to Tread: Heaven&#8217;s Gate and the Sinking of United Artists 
Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the making of Heaven&#8217;s Gate, the film that sank United Artists 
Looking to prevent your movie from becoming a runaway production? Read Final Cut by Steven Bach and you will learn a great many lessons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myopicsheep.com/2007/04/07/final-cut-by-steven-bach/</link>
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		<title>Louis Riel:  A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown</title>
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&#34;Because there was some doubt about Riel&#8217;s sanity, I delayed the execution until November 16th and had him examined by three doctors.&#160; They all agreed that he was NOT crazy.&#34; &#8211; John A. MacDonald
I haven&#8217;t had the opportunity to read many graphic novels published in  Canada or  North America for that matter.&#160; Majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Born to Rock by Gordon Korman</title>
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But I wasn&#8217;t born Republican.&#160; It&#8217;s not genetic.&#160; Believe me&#8211;I&#8217;m familiar with genetics.&#160; I have McMurphy, the eight-hundred-pound gorilla I carry in my DNA, a total loose cannon rolling around my personality.
Born to Rock is Gordon Korman&#8217;s most recent creation and unleashes a relatively fast-paced coming-of-age adventure focusing on the Leo Caraway, a &#8220;to-be&#8221; graduate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease</title>
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Each time I put my weight on a fresh dagger, my heart went into my mouth.
I was in grade 8 when I first read Cue for Treason, which was assigned by my English teacher.&#160; While I rarely put any effort into doing the homework, and on occasion not completing the work at all, I read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myopicsheep.com/2007/04/07/cue-for-treason-by-geoffrey-trease/</link>
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		<title>Bleak House by Charles Dickens</title>
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Wasting Candles
&#34;Thus, in the midst of the mud and at the heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery.&#34; (p.18)
Those with a penchant for reading about the dark underbelly of Victorian London need go no farther than Charles Dickens Bleak House. Bleak House is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myopicsheep.com/2007/04/07/bleak-house-by-charles-dickens/</link>
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		<title>Friends of My Youth by Alice Munro</title>
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&#8220;I sit at the bottom of sleep, As on the floor of the sea. And fanciful Citizens of the Deep Are graciously greeting me.&#8221; (68)
I always find short stories to be somewhat depressing.&#160; They are short bursts of reality. A melancholic photograph of a life.&#160; Despite the sadness that is always a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myopicsheep.com/2007/04/07/friends-of-my-youth-by-alice-munro/</link>
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		<title>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers</title>
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&#34;Wonderful music like this was the worst hurt there could be.&#160; The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen.&#34; (p.143)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a book about people.&#160; It is a book filled with characters that captivate and enchants the reader from the first page until [...]]]></description>
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