The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley

125 Years of the World's Biggest Bonspiel

by Jan Andrews

tagged: emotions & feelings, boys & men

Description

FINALIST, Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Awards, 2014 When no one listens, what's the point of talking? Kyle McGinley doesn't say a word. Fed up with being shuttled from one foster care home to another, he has stopped speaking. But at the home of Scott and Jill Wardman, with the help of a crow, and a swamp, and an excess of blank paint, he begins to think that maybe, just maybe, life could be better. As long as his frigging dad doesn't mess things up.

About the Author

Jan Andrews

The author of numerous books, including The Auction, The Very Last First Time, and When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew, which won the Silver Birch Express Award, Jan Andrews received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture as a children's writer and pioneer of Canada's storytelling movement. She died in 2017.

Contributor Notes

Four time GG nominee and internationally celebrated storyteller Jan Andrews is author to more than a dozen beloved books. She writes out of a conviction that young people have within them all that they need to manage in their lives. Her faith in her readers shows clearly in her work.

Editorial Review

WINNER, Moonbeam Award for Young Adult Fiction, Gold Medal
SELECTION, Best Bets of 2013, The Ontario Library AssociationSTARRED SELECTION, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2013
"utterly gorgeous! In a well-paced, beautifully spare prose, Andrews charts the journey of a boy faced with the most difficult task of his life: making friends with a darkly mysterious, frightened and unhappy stranger: himself." -Tim Wynne-Jones, author of Blink &amp Caution

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