The 2010 Willow Awards
Snow Willow Nominee
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When their families are plunged into intense grief by a fatal shooting, two young teens from very different backgrounds struggle to rebuild their lives. Their realities are separate, but the link between them is real, and moving on requires a unique act of personal courage.
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About the Author
The varied sweep of southern Alberta has always been Hazel Hutchins' home — a prairie farm, a horse ranch in the foothills, the cityscape of Calgary and the mountain town of Canmore. They have together formed the backgrounds for over forty novels and picture books, supplemented by a few purely fantastical places along the way. Awards for her work include the R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Shining Willow Young Readers Choice and Storytelling World Honour Award. Her three children are off leading lives of their own but they still show up in Canmore, and in her stories, from time to time.
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Visit the author’s website, http://www.hazelhutchins.net/.
Learn more about service and therapy animals. Investigate organizations that use animal therapy. Perhaps there is one near you that needs volunteers.
View a YouTube video clip about pet therapy.
Design a new cover for the book.
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Booktalk by C. MacLennan
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