Young Adult Fiction. This book is a unflinching look at the trials and adventures of teenage life. Dree is not into school, her sister or mother, or Edmonton in general. Toronto is where she belongs--specifically the upcoming Renegade Craft Fair where, finally, her crafts will be appreciated. But escape is imminent: on her fifteenth birthday, she will get the money her father promised, and be on her way to Toronto. Instead, her dad has a fatal heart attack, and all she finds are clues leading to the Alberta Psychiatric Hospital where her parents once worked. As Dree tries to unearth a mystery, and to knit herself a passing mark in science, she keeps searching for the money, and for a way to grieve her father.
Author Hometown: EDMONTON, AB CAN
Reviews:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/todays-paper/Pumped+prose+captures+essence+being/2361467/story.html
http://www.bookslut.com/bookslut_in_training/2009_12_015477.php
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/new-in-childrens-books/article1318511/
