27 Days once again explores the imponderables of time travel. The heroine finds her life turned upside down when she shifts 8 years into the future. No longer recognised as the respected doctor she was, she has to start life again without any qualifications and with no one except her twin sister recognising her for who she is. At the point of a total breakdown, she encounters the myths and legends of West Coast Natives, and during a trip to…
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The Blue Plastic Shoes is set in the parallel universes of 1905 and 2016 and tells the story of a modern and educated woman who, while on a sailing holiday, gets hurled back in time to 1905.
Read moreHere a couple of new reviews for ‘Up in Arms’. If you have any children or grandchildren between the ages of 8 and 12 on your Christmas list, this book, and the two previous ones in the series, make great gifts for the young readers in your family. You can buy ‘Up in Arms’, ‘Brother XII’s Treasure’ and ‘The Silver Lining’ from Amazon or direct through ‘Where to buy’ on this website. Up in Arms was also chosen to be…
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Up in Arms is filled with intricate details of the geography of the West Coast of Canada and of the skills of boating, with a special emphasis on aircraft piloting, especially float planes. The text flows well and keeps the reader’s interest as the kids (most of them now teens) develop their characters and pursue their interests and dreams. But the most interesting aspect here is the spotlight on Indigenous nations, their historical mistreatment, and the feelings of non Indigenous…
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Third in the series, our intrepid crew along with Eccentric Captain Gunn embark on their biggest adventure yet!
Read moreThe Chocolate Lily Award, BC’s young readers’ choice award, was awarded in three categories on June 9, 2017. The Chocolate Lily Awards encourages grade school students to read and enjoy fiction by BC’s authors and illustrators. “Brother XII’s Treasure” by Amanda Spottiswoode was one of the five short-listed titles in the Novel Category (Grades 4-7). READ MORE
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Second in the series, our young adventurers trade in their pirate caps for cowboy hats and head off on a cattle drive in Interior BC.
Read moreIn April I visited the Shuswap Okanagan area to talk about my new book, ‘The Silver Lining’. I went to the community library in Chase, the libraries in Lake Country and Mission and did a joint presentation with Molly March at the Vernon Museum. The book is all about cattle ranching and silver mining in the Merritt area and was very well received by the children and librarians, partly because it relates directly to their part of BC. Here are…
Read moreBrother XII’s Treasure review by hawkreader10 Brother XII’s Treasure by Amanda Spottiswoode Age Range – 8 – 12 Genre – Adventure Student Review hawkreader10 Age at time of review – 11 Reviewer’s Location – Corning, New York, United States View hawkreader10’s profile Have you ever dreamed of traveling halfway around the world for summer vacation? In the unusually named book Brother XII’s Treasure, seven English boarding school friends have such an adventure. One spring day in 1936, Ian, Sophie, Mark, Harriet, Molly, Leticia and Posy receive…
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