ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Ruby Carson lives with her family in a small idyllic Canadian town. Her mother is a renowned artist, her father is a pillar of the community, and her younger brother Percy - well he’s the strange boy at school, with a formidable intelligence, formal way of expressing himself and habits he can’t bear to be altered in any way. When she slips at an ice-skating party and hits her head, she has a vision of the town under water, and a clear memory of seeing four other people float by. Unfortunately, this makes her a target for her schoolmates, and her days at school are made most unpleasant – but even more so when news filters through that a large dam will be constructed and the town will be flooded. It triggers a series of happenings and reactions that no-one could foresee, particularly for the people in Ruby’s vision… A finely written novel of adolescence and wider change. Lindy
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Living with a weird brother in a small town can be tough enough. Having a spectacular fall through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to the assembled crowd solidifies your status as an outcast. What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful day was her entire town - buildings and people - floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake turns up in a farmer's field. Another is found in the cemetery. A man with surveying equipment is spotted eating lunch near Pokiok Falls. The residents of Haverton soon discover that a massive dam is being constructed and that most of their homes will be swallowed by the rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, and secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its own demise, 14-year-old Ruby Carson sees it all from a front-row seat. Set in the 1960s, this evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place to call home.
By:
Riel Nason Imprint: Allen & Unwin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
Weight: 340g ISBN:9781743314609 ISBN 10: 1743314604 Pages: 300 Publication Date:01 March 2013 Recommended Age: From Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Short-listed for CLA Young Adult Book Award 2012 (Canada)
Winner of Commonwealth Book Prize 2012 (Canada)
Winner of Frye Academy Award 2013 (Canada)
Winner of Margaret and John Savage First Book Award 2012 (Canada)
