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The 2006 Willow Awards

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The Crazy Man

The Crazy Man

By Pamela Porter.
Groundwood Books, 2005.
ISBN 0-88899-695-0 (pbk) ISBN 0-88899-694-2 (cl)
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Emaline loses her father, her dog and her health on a single day because of a farm accident. When her mother hires a man from a nearby institution, Emaline learns a valuable lesson about life.

About the Author

Pamela Porter

Pamela Porter is from Sidney, BC

Pamela Paige Porter is an award-winning poet and juvenile fiction author. Stones Call Out is her first poetry book publication. Her free-verse children's book The Crazy Man received the 2005 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Pamela Porter has also lived in Texas, Louisiana, Washington, Montana and Saskatchewan where her husband's family has operated a family farm near Weyburn for generations. She obtained her undergraduate English degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. She currently lives in Sidney, British Columbia.


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