An uncompromising and heartbreaking end to the story of Nicky and Kenny, the beloved brothers of the Truth of Things quartet, beautifully told in McGowan's gritty realism.
Short-listed for the 2010 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature, the 2010 Snow Willow Award and the 2011 CLA Young Adult Book Award Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a developmentally disabled person could mean growing up behind locked doors and barred windows and being called names like "e;retard"e; and "e;moron.
Short-listed for the 2011 Golden Oak Award From the moment three-year-old Jeff Healey first laid a guitar across his lap in what was to become his signature style, it was clear he was no ordinary kid.
