I was a tad confused, not really sure why everyone in this room needed to know how much I weighed. It was the beginning of the school year, and we were in Gym class.
by : Andre Fenton
Young Readers
As soon as Nanna said the words “car bombings,” Dad, who had been making breakfast in the kitchen, zoomed to the television to switch on BBC World
Skeet Love tells the story of Shane, a conspiracy theorist and aspiring rapper; Nina, his girlfriend; and Brit, the couple’s lover. Craig Francis Power’s third novel is a drug and sex-fuelled critique of the world we think we know. Warning: this excerpt contains its fair share of profanity.
An excerpt from the Foreword of Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things: Children’s Poetry and Verse from Atlantic Canada
Butterflies Don’t Lie
$15.95, paperback, 288 pp.
Nimbus Publishing, September 2014
