EXCERPT: Growing My Way Home

“From the raw hardships of a pregnant runaway to the enduring strength of her Indigenous roots, Jenn Ashton’s (l.) Growing My Way Home traces a  journey of resilience and the hard-won gift of empathy.” FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Everyday Hero

November 09th, 2015

Everyday Hero (Orca $9.95), the second book by Kathleen Cherry of Kitimat, will be a portrait of a schoolgirl, Alice, who has Asperger’s syndrome but her ailment is unknown to her new schoolmates. When Alice invariably gets herself sent to detention, she is intrigued by a fellow detainee, Megan, who resolves to run away. Alice resolves to help her. Cherry has a degree in Creative Writing and history from the University of Victoria and a Masters in Education from UVic. While publishing her first book, Blowing Bubbles (Mississauga: Aaspirations 2012), she was enrolled in a doctoral program in counselling psychology through Walden University, a U.S. online university. Everyday Hero will be available in the spring of 2016. 9781459809826

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