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Silver Birch Review- Cryptic Canada: Unsolved Mysteries from Coast to Coast
12 March 2014 - 10:14amSilver Birch Non-Fiction Review: Shannen and the Dream for a School
9 April 2013 - 1:35pmBe inspired by this true story of a kid who made a huge difference in her community! Shannen's school was closed because of a fuel spill that happened 20 years ago in Attawapiskat First Nation in Northern Ontario. In Shannen and the Dream for a School by Janet Wilson you will read how Shannen and her classmates only had a few small portables to learn in, until
Silver Birch Express Review: Margaret and the Moth Tree
22 March 2013 - 12:50pmMargaret is just a little girl and Pip is just a tiny moth but when Margaret's extraordinary hearing brings them together the result is an enormously powerful friendship. Alone in the world and thrust into the seemingly cheery Hopeton Orphanage, Margaret is sad to discover that her new home is anything but cheery. Dominated by the terrifying Miss Switch and ignored by the other orphans, Margaret learns to find friends in unexpected places. With the help of her secret friends and her own inner bravery
Silver Birch Non-Fiction Review: Sable Island
20 March 2013 - 12:33pmSilver Birch Express Review: In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps it up
19 February 2013 - 2:01pmIt wasn't easy being a female inventor in the 1800's, but Margaret Knight was no ordinary woman! In the Bag! is the inspirational story of a girl who ignored people's doubts and became a wonderful
Silver Birch Non-Fiction Review: Case Files 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science
6 February 2013 - 1:41pm Take out your magnifying glass and lab coat! Mystery and science come together in a great way in Case Files 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science by Larry Verstraete. This collection of
Silver Birch Review: The Dead Kid Detective Agency
5 February 2013 - 3:44pm“October Schwartz is not dead,” though she’s pale enough to look like she might be, and she does spend a lot of time hanging out in her local cemetery. In fact, she spends so much time alone in the cemetery, daydreaming of zombies, that she finds herself responsible for the raising of five dead teenagers who reluctantly agree to hang out with her despite the fact that she is not, in fact, dead.