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For

givers

andkeepers

Apptaling

reads that

make

good gfts

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or

keep

them all

fo,

your

holiday

enjoyment

REVIEWS

BY

KAYLEIGH

WILSON

Girl

Runner

Bq

Carrie Snqder

Shortlisted

with

four other

books

for the

Rogers

Writer's

Tiust

Fiction

Prize,

this is

a

Canadian

novel

about extraordinary

women.

Girl

Rtntnar"

follows the

life

of

l} -year-old

Aganetha Smart,

a

former

Olympic

athlete

who

lived

in

a

time

where people

looked

upot-r

female

athletes

with

scorn.

Now

living

in

a

retirement

home

where

few

people

make the

connection

between the young

athlete

and the

elderly

lady,

Aganetha

expects

to

live out

the

rest

of

her

life quietly. She

is approached,

however,b:1two

strangers

who

gtve

her the

opportunity

to

reconnect

with

her

past

and

explore

the

sense

of adventure

that she used

to have.

\Mhile Aganetha

recon-

nects

with

her

past

liie in

Can

ada,

it

becomes

clear that

the two

strangers

are

not

who

they

say

they

are.

For anyone

who

enjoys

historical

fiction

crossed

with

mystery Girl

Runnerby Carrie

S^y-

der

would be

an

excellent Christmas

gift,

capturing the

feeling

of

glory

and

questioning

what it means to

be

free.You

just

might

want

two

copies

-

one

to keep

(The

Rogers

Writers' Tiust Fiction

Prrze

recognizes

Canadian

writers of

exceptional

talent

for the

year's

best

novel or short-story

collection.

The winner

was to be an-

nollnced on

Nov.

4

-

after this

issue

went

to

press.)

Publisher:

House

of

Anansi

Price

:

$29.95

Gardening

From

a

Hammock

By

EIIen l,Joaack nnd

Dan

Cooper

Gardening_from

a Hmrunock

is a great

introduction to

how to grow

your

own garden

using low-maintenance

plants.

The

book

covers

a

list of plants

that

need

little

maintenance

in

order

ior

them

to

prosper.

There are also gardening

stories

to go

along

with the

plants,

describing

how

to

work the soil,

why

the plants were

cho-

sen,

and

how to get the

rnaximum

benefit

from each plant.

The

information

is very useful

for people

who

want to have a beautiful

garden

but

do

not

have

a

lot

of

time or

much

gardening

knowledg..

Many of the gardeners

featured

in

the

book

have a

lot

of

experience

"i

*

J+rY\f^

rry

with

plants

and gardeni.&

so

it

is clear

that

they

have

learned

many

usefurl

gardening

tricks

as

well.

The book covers

plants

that

require sun, shade,

or

a combination

of

the fwo.

Regardless

of

how

much

sun

your

garden

currently

gets,

the

varief

of plants

mentioned

in

the

book

allows

for gardeners

to

have

any

lype

of easy-to-care-for plants

in their

garden.

Publisher:

Ellen

Novack

and

Dan Cooper

Price

$22.95

Deadly

Dozen

By

12

award-winning

and

intentational

bestselling

authors

On cold

winter

nights,

one

of the

most comfortable

things

to

do

is sit

in a

warm place

and

curl

up with a set

of

suspenseful

stories.

Deadty

Dozen

is

such

a collection,

with

12 mystery

and

thriller

novels that

will

keep

readers on

the

edge

of their

seats.

Each

story was

written

by u

different

author, so

readers

are guaranteed

to

be

left

guessing

at each

turn,

as each

author

has their

own

slyle

of writi.g

and

tricks up

their sleeves.

While all the

books

are

mysteries,

many

are also set

in different

times and

places,

making

for

a

unique

experience

with each

story.

Engrossing,

well-written

stories

that

keep

you

guessing

until

the

very end,

Deadly

Dozen

could

be

either

a great

present

for

mystery

lovers or a

nice gift

fo

yourself

for any

quiet time

available

during

the

hustle

and

bustle

of the

holidays.

Publisher:

Imajin Books

Price: $8.86

The Bone Clocks

By Daaid Mitchell

Fantasy,

mystery

and teenage

angst

all come

to a

head

inThe

Bone

Clocks by

David

Mitchell,

a novel

that was

long-listed

for

this

year's

Man Booker

Prize. Teenager

Holly

Sykes

runs

away

from

home

after a

fight with

her

mother.

In doing

so, she

ends

up

in

risky

situations,

partly because

she

has psychic

abilities

that

are

now

causing

her to

fall victim

to dangerous

mystics

who are

distorting

her

perspective

of

reality.

But Holly

is

not the only

one

in dange

-

her

entire

family is at

risk

now that

Holly is

no longer

around

Each

of

their

lives is

shown to

be

interconnected

in

even

the

small

est of

ways

-

ways

that are

not fully

understood

until the

con

nections threaten

to be severed.

Tense

moments

are

felt through

out this

novel

which

is ultimately

about

the special

bonds

tha

connect

friends

and

family.

An exciting

and ultimately

heartfe

book that will

definitely

bring

people

together

during

the holida

season.

Publisher:

Knopf Canada

Price:

$34

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Kayleigh Wilson

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