Red Cedar Book Award

British Columbia's Young Readers' Choice Award

Tag: adventure

  • Mile 108 Elementary Interviews Linda Bailey

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    william.chen
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    Students from Mile 108 got more than they bargained for when they sent interview questions to Linda Bailey, author of the pirate tale Seven Dead Pirates.  Linda was joined by a…. ummm…. special guest in answering their thoughtful questions. Ahoy, Lynn McArthur and her pirate crew!  I hear ye be a scurvy band of scoundrels,…

  • South Sahali Elementary Interviews Kevin Sands

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    patricia.lesku
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    Students from South Sahali Elementary in Kamloops had some pretty interesting questions for Kevin Sands about his novel The Blackthorn Key. SSE: What gave you the idea to write this book? KS: It occurred to me that apothecaries were pretty cool: they used potions, and poisons, and secret codes, and so on. So I thought…

  • Ecole Heather Park Elementary Interviews Kenneth Oppel

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    patricia.lesku
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    Students from Ecole Heather Park Elementary in Prince George had the opportunity to interview the wonderfully talented Kenneth Oppel, author of The Nest.  EHPE: What inspired you to write the book, The Nest? KO: A whole bunch of things. I had a title, and I wishlist of creepy things I wanted in my story: a…

  • Seven Dead Pirates

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    Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey Lewis Dearborn is a painfully shy eleven-year-old boy in sixth grade.  On his great grandfather’s birthday, Lewis is the only one to hear him whisper two mysterious words, “Libertalia. You!” When his grandpa dies he moves with his overbearing parents into Shornoway, a ramshackle mansion by the sea.  Lewis is quick…

  • Eco Warrior

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    Eco Warrior by Philip Roy Eco Warrior is a wonderful tale about a sixteen year old boy named Alfred that pulls you in right away and keeps you reading from page one to the end. Alfred is traveling to Australia in a homemade submarine with his pet seagull and dog to learn how to be an…