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22 Works 653 Membros 23 Críticas

About the Author

Don Gillmor grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and attended the University of Calgary. Gillmor has written for Saturday Night Magazine, Toronto Life and The Globe and Mail. Currently, he is a contributing editor for Saturday Night Magazine. He has also written the following children's books: The mostrar mais Trouble with Justin, about a child who has to clean his room for the first time, When Vegetables Go Bad, about a child who is a picky eater, and The Fabulous Song, which won the Mr.Christie Book Award for Best Book for Age Seven and Under. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Don Gillmor

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Gillmor, Don
Data de nascimento
1959
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Canada
Local de nascimento
Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
Locais de residência
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Educação
University of Calgary
Ocupações
journalist
Organizações
Saturday Night magazine
GQ Magazine
Globe and Mail
Prémios e menções honrosas
Mr. Christie Book Award (children's literature)
Torgi Award

Membros

Críticas

This novel is built on a rather far-fetched premise—a reasonably well-to-do middle-aged married woman breaking into homes and sometimes stealing items. However, I appreciated Gilmor’s accompanying social commentary about the current state of affairs. I found the book both absorbing and entertaining.
 
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fountainoverflows | Mar 5, 2024 |
A girl, Amy, moves in next door to Austin. He tries to impress her, when she isn't impressed he insults her. I thought it contained unrealistic behavior for children.
 
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kjwatkins78 | 4 outras críticas | May 15, 2020 |
It is a wonderful story about a little boy, Frederic Pipkin, who was born in a musical family that hoped for Frederic to play an instrument. But Frederic was not interested in any instruments or playing music at all, until he encountered a live orchestra concert and saw a conductor at work. Frederic was fascinated with the conductor, and then he himself conducted a song at a family gathering when everyone was playing a different instrument; he found his calling. This book is about not forcing kids to pursue an instrument, and let them fall in love with what moves them. I myself played piano as a child, and watched a lot of my peers suffer from mandatory piano lessons. My parents never did make me, and they let me finish lessons when I felt it was getting too much on top of my school. I still miss playing!… (mais)
 
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YUvarova | 3 outras críticas | Nov 25, 2019 |
It was hard to care about anything that happened in this book since all of the characters were so unlikeable. The "mystery" was not mysterious and there was o sense of urgency, the plot plodded, and the ended wrapped up all neat and tidy - ugh.
 
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Rdra1962 | 5 outras críticas | Aug 1, 2018 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
22
Membros
653
Popularidade
#38,652
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
23
ISBN
64
Línguas
2

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