Dust

It took me 15 years to find this book again. What follows is part review, part rambling on why books like Dust are important for children to read. I read this some time in the early 2000's when I was in school, and the imagery and story of it stuck with me ever since - but it took me all this time to......more

This book won the Governor General's Literary Award back in 2001 for Children's Literature. I loved it. Set in a small town in rural Saskatchewan of Horshoe something strange is going on. Robert's younger brother has gone missing and soon no one seems to even remember him. The story set in a depress......more

It's the Great Depression in a prairie town in Saskatchewan. A young boy named Matthew disappears. Robert, the older brother is plagued with guilt. A stranger comes to their town which is suffering through a serious dry spell. This stranger claims he can help by building a "rainmill" (huh?). The tow......more

I've had this on audible for a long while. I can't remember, but I think I had received this free from the author a long while back, but hadn't gotten to it until recently as I hadn't much been for audiobooks until this year. Anyhow, this was a short listen or read if you own the book. I enjoyed the......more

Audiobook read by the author. He was not my favorite narrator. This book was suggested by my husband to listen to on a short day trip and it was almost the perfect length (we finished the last 30 minutes a week later). I liked the story and the ending where everything is explained. However, it took q......more