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K-Gr 3—This continuation of the author's I Know Here (Groundwood, 2010) contrasts the experiences of a girl who had been living in the wilds of Saskatchewan with those of her new life in Toronto. Her father's work in construction has brought about the move, and the stark differences in lifestyle drive the narrative: "There. We lived on a road…A road without a name. Here. We live on a street…Birch Street. I don't see any birch trees." There is a nostalgic tone to the spare tex...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning I Know Here (rev. 5/10), the young narrator knows she and her family will soon be leaving their home in the glorious wilderness of Saskatchewan, and in this sequel, so they do. The Toronto of the book's era (early 1960s) might look positively quaint to us, but to the girl it is completely exotic. "There" she lived on a gravel road without a name; "Here" she lives on t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In <i>I Know Here</i>, the narrator knows she and her family will soon be leaving their Saskatchewan home for the city, and in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More