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miramichijim's review against another edition
4.0
I came across Valerie Sherrard’s name when I performed an Internet search for “Miramichi Authors”. Here, right in Miramichi was a well-published, short-listed author that had somehow flown under my radar. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Ms. Sherrard writes novels for middle graders and young adults. Being well out of that demographic, and having no children of that age likely didn’t help either. So I decided to look up some of her more recent novels in the NB library system.
I found Driftwood (2013, Fitzhenry & Whiteside) and its synopsis looked interesting: a boy Adam (‘I’m almost twelve’) is on a two month summer vacation at the Schooner Point cabins in Miramichi. His best friend Billy was to come along, but backs out at the last-minute with a seemingly poor excuse. However, Adam manages to make some new friends with children of the other campers and meets an old visually impaired man who can tell by touch where pieces of driftwood originate from along with a story to go along with it.
Read the rest of the review at my site, www.MiramichiReader.ca
I found Driftwood (2013, Fitzhenry & Whiteside) and its synopsis looked interesting: a boy Adam (‘I’m almost twelve’) is on a two month summer vacation at the Schooner Point cabins in Miramichi. His best friend Billy was to come along, but backs out at the last-minute with a seemingly poor excuse. However, Adam manages to make some new friends with children of the other campers and meets an old visually impaired man who can tell by touch where pieces of driftwood originate from along with a story to go along with it.
Read the rest of the review at my site, www.MiramichiReader.ca
marshaskrypuch's review against another edition
5.0
Every one of Valerie Sherrard's books have delighted me, and what impresses me the most is that she's able to write such masterfully absorbing stories in so many different genres and forms.
Driftwood is unlike anything she has written before. The seemingly simple narrative of a boy on summer vacation at a campground by the sea turns out to be a series of linked stories wrapped together, commenting and reflecting on each other. Every single person in this novel changes for the better in an unexpected way. By the last page I was openly weeping. I don't want to give the story away. Suffice it to say that you'll be drawn into Driftwood by the simple and engaging story, but you'll have a deeper appreciation of the world around you by the time you reach the end. Bravo Valerie!
Driftwood is unlike anything she has written before. The seemingly simple narrative of a boy on summer vacation at a campground by the sea turns out to be a series of linked stories wrapped together, commenting and reflecting on each other. Every single person in this novel changes for the better in an unexpected way. By the last page I was openly weeping. I don't want to give the story away. Suffice it to say that you'll be drawn into Driftwood by the simple and engaging story, but you'll have a deeper appreciation of the world around you by the time you reach the end. Bravo Valerie!
miramichireader's review against another edition
4.0
I came across Valerie Sherrard’s name when I performed an Internet search for “Miramichi Authors”. Here, right in Miramichi was a well-published, short-listed author that had somehow flown under my radar. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Ms. Sherrard writes novels for middle graders and young adults. Being well out of that demographic, and having no children of that age likely didn’t help either. So I decided to look up some of her more recent novels in the NB library system.
I found Driftwood (2013, Fitzhenry & Whiteside) and its synopsis looked interesting: a boy Adam (‘I’m almost twelve’) is on a two month summer vacation at the Schooner Point cabins in Miramichi. His best friend Billy was to come along, but backs out at the last-minute with a seemingly poor excuse. However, Adam manages to make some new friends with children of the other campers and meets an old visually impaired man who can tell by touch where pieces of driftwood originate from along with a story to go along with it.
Read the rest of the review at my site, www.MiramichiReader.ca
I found Driftwood (2013, Fitzhenry & Whiteside) and its synopsis looked interesting: a boy Adam (‘I’m almost twelve’) is on a two month summer vacation at the Schooner Point cabins in Miramichi. His best friend Billy was to come along, but backs out at the last-minute with a seemingly poor excuse. However, Adam manages to make some new friends with children of the other campers and meets an old visually impaired man who can tell by touch where pieces of driftwood originate from along with a story to go along with it.
Read the rest of the review at my site, www.MiramichiReader.ca