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Thin Places

Lesley Choyce

Publisher: Dundurn

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Summary

A YA novel told in haunting verse, about a boy who has trouble fitting in, returning to his Irish roots in search of a girl from another world, whom he knows only as a voice in his head
Author’s previous verse novel, Jeremy Stone, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award; and author has been awarded The Dartmouth Book Award, The Atlantic Poetry Prize, and The Ann Connor Brimer Award
Author has written over 90 books
Draws on Celtic myths, with a feel of contemporary realism

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