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West Vancouver Memorial Library · The Inquiring Mind We Recommend: Julia Hedley, Head of Youth Department Saffy's Angel Indigo's Star Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay The arty Casson family children are all named after paint colours. The books present friendship, love, never-perfect family life, with insight and humour. (Ages 10-14) Irene Kobylkin-Somody, Youth Librarian White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean 14-year-old Sym goes to the Antarctic with her uncle, but his fascination with finding a hole in the icecap becomes an abnormal and terrifying obsession. A compelling survival tale. (Ages 13 up) Jane Lucas, Youth Librarian Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia, after WWII, he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. (Ages 9 -14) Sarah Donald, Youth Librarian Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach Misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes intrigued with a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an unusual neighbour, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. (Ages 10-14) Kelsey Lenters, Summer Reading Club Assistant, 2007 Skipppyjon Jones by Judy Schachner Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese kitten with an overactive imagination, who would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter-ego. www.westvanlibrary.ca A publication of the West Vancouver Memorial Library© June 2007 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 1J8 604.925.7400