OSWT - Oh Canada (For Little Willow)
Since I'm an avid reader, and Canadian. I immediately felt the urge to add my two cents... But that led me to the major dilemma of finding a book. It occurred to me as I racked my brain in search of the perfect book, that I really need to make more of an effort to read more 'Canadian' books.
As I scanned my overly full bookshelves in the hopes of inspiration my eyes hit a Thick Purple book and it was not unlike hitting the jackpot.
The book is called "Booky A Trilogy," by Bernice Thurman Hunter and its actually three books in one. The story is of a skinny young girl named Beatrice Thompson or 'Booky', and her life growing up in the Great Depression. It details how her large family struggled to make ends meet as they were shunted from home to home by the Bailiff, and how they still manage to support one another despite the hard times.
I first discovered Booky on my teachers bookshelf in Grade 12. She had the first two books, "That Scatterbrain Booky", and "With Love, From Booky," at the time I didn't realize there was a third. I immediately fell in love with 9 year old Booky and her antics, and enjoyed watching her grow and flourish despite her families situation.
I was almost 14 when I spotted the Booky Trilogy on the shelf at Save on Foods... I insisted on getting it then and there, and discovered that the Third story "As Ever, Booky" which details her later teen years as she begins to experience dating, and her first job.
As I scanned my overly full bookshelves in the hopes of inspiration my eyes hit a Thick Purple book and it was not unlike hitting the jackpot.
The book is called "Booky A Trilogy," by Bernice Thurman Hunter and its actually three books in one. The story is of a skinny young girl named Beatrice Thompson or 'Booky', and her life growing up in the Great Depression. It details how her large family struggled to make ends meet as they were shunted from home to home by the Bailiff, and how they still manage to support one another despite the hard times.
I first discovered Booky on my teachers bookshelf in Grade 12. She had the first two books, "That Scatterbrain Booky", and "With Love, From Booky," at the time I didn't realize there was a third. I immediately fell in love with 9 year old Booky and her antics, and enjoyed watching her grow and flourish despite her families situation.
I was almost 14 when I spotted the Booky Trilogy on the shelf at Save on Foods... I insisted on getting it then and there, and discovered that the Third story "As Ever, Booky" which details her later teen years as she begins to experience dating, and her first job.