This was the Great Middle Grade Reads group’s Book of the Month for March, and I read it in two sittings over Easter, with a paperback from my library. The Blurb (from Goodreads) “She’s the most powerful steam engine in
Kettle holes and pingo ponds
Kettle holes are small lakes formed by the melting of hard lenses of ice that were left behind after the last ice age. So the ice was left in a lump in the frozen earth, and usually also covered in
Book Review: Vigilante by Claude Bouchard
This is not a children’s book – it’s a crime novel, and the crimes are pretty violent. The first in the Barry/McCall series, it introduces us to Dave McCall, police investigator with a problem, and Chris Barry, Executive Vice President
Book Review: Asylum by Claude Bouchard
This is not a children’s book but is clean, family oriented and intriguing. Dr Russell suddenly decides to solve his family troubles by taking indefinite, unplanned leave from his job, and takes his wife and two kids on the holiday