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Our Rock and Our Salvation

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:59:11 +0000

After a childhood reckoning with the dystopic world he was born into, Adam is now fifteen and living peacefully in the woods with other escapees from collapsed city-states. Having studied […]

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And All the Stars Shall Fall

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:57:09 +0000

After years of struggle by Blanchfleur to maintain its independence, the idyllic walled city of Aahimsa, a community of girls and women dedicated to making a life of peace free of the brutality and aggression of outsiders, and its prospering Manuhome, are suddenly victims of a brutal surprise attack by the forces of The World Federation of City States. Mabon and Nora are in hiding outside the city where they witness all the horrors of the assault. Adam, their adoptive son, is no longer with them, having been placed under the protection of Doctor Ueland at the Manuhome. Adam, known to the federation as The Last Wild Boy has been hunted down since his unauthorized birth in Aahimsa. Blanchfleur the mayor of Aahimsa along with her daughter and granddaughter Tish, flee for their lives along with hundreds of the Manuhome workers. A few of them are thrown together and, although some are strangers and long-time enemies, they are forced by circumstance to attempt to find a way to escape extinction in the outside world against powerful and relentless common enemies, traitors and especially the federation's murderous and heartless robotic army. They must deal with great dangers and unexpected revelations. Can they manage to work together and adjust their thinking enough to survive and find happiness against such seemingly insurmountable odds?

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Morgan’s Boat Ride

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:54:44 +0000

Morgan and her dog head out on an accidental journey down the river that flows past the summer cottage where they holiday with Morgan's mother. As they float along the river they observe landscape and life on the water, various birds and people enjoying the activities the river has to offer. But the story is not only about their adventure, it is also about community, about how all the people who see them drifting past hurry off to make sure that they come to no danger. The story ends at the local wharf where the entire community comes together to celebrate their adventure and their safe return.

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Chung Lee Loves Lobsters

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:53:30 +0000

Mr. Chung Lee is a retired restaurant cook who buys one lobster a month with his old age pension cheque, takes the lobster to the seashore, and releases it into the sea. This book, a PEI favourite, was originally published in 1992 by Annick Press, but it has since gone out-of-print. New illustrations and fresh text will make it a favourite for a new generation of Islanders. This story won the L. M. Montgomery Children's Literature Award in 1990.

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Crosby and Me

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:53:20 +0000

I'm off to play hockeybut I'm starting to thinkdad's dreams are the reasonwe go to the rink.He's doing the drivingwith Mum at his side,our frisky dog Crosbycomes along for the ride.

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The Last Wild Boy

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:22:53 +0000

This is a new young adult novel by P.E.I.'s Poet Laureate. It is a dystopic story about Nora who lives in the walled city of Aahimsa, anidyllic community of girls and women working together to make a peaceful life free of the brutality of the outsiders. As the companionof the mayor of Aahimsa's daughter, Alice, she enjoys privileges that other women from the working class can only dream of.But when she and Alice find an outsider baby abandoned within the city walls, Nora starts to question whether the outsiders poseas much of a threat to her civilization as she's been taught. With the baby's life in danger, Nora must decide whether she's willingto give up everything she has to save him, and who she can trust to help her.

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A Bountiful Harvest

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:17:16 +0000

Little did organizers know when they planted the seed 15 years ago that the Literary Awards would reap such a bountiful harvest. This collection of over 35 first-prize short stories, poetry, and writing for children represents the best new writing in Prince Edward Island. Readers will recognize several of the names - people who have gone on to be published or produced - including Rai Berzins, Lesley-Anne Bourne, Judy Gaudet, Elaine Hammond, Hugh MacDonald, Brent MacLaine, Steve McOrmond, Dianne Hicks Morrow, Melissa Mullen, Libby Oughton, and Nancy Russell.

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Landmarks: An Anthology

Terrilee Bulger — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:17:13 +0000

Poetry by 50 of the Atlantic region's finest poets

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