- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Ronsdale Press; 1 edition (Sep 28 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1553800281
- ISBN-13: 978-1553800286
- Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 13.6 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #501,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
The result of a cross-Canada contest for the best short stories about young people’s experience of loss and grief, Dark Times is a superb anthology about a topic that often remains hidden but is crucial in the development of a child’s sense of identity. The stories develop highly contemporary situations: a First Nations boy mourns the death of his mother; a girl copes with the loss of her grandmother to Alzheimer’s disease; a boyfriend’s death takes a girl through the five stages of grief; a destitute family loses their home; a daughter loses a parent when her mother leaves; a fetal alcohol syndrome child is lost to his family when he is sent to prison; a boy loses the brother he loves to mental illness; the death of a small child challenges a girl’s belief in God; and a young girl discovers her father in an affair and confronts him—with devastating results. Well-known children’s writer Ann Walsh has chosen the stories and one of her own is included.
"A fine collection of gritty and compelling stories for young people about loss and grief, stories that will rivet the reader, and in the end, inspire hope because of the indomitable spirit of youth."
—Norma Charles
About the Author
Ann Walsh is well known for her many best-selling historical novels and short stories for young adults. She is the editor of Beginnings, Stories of Canada’s Past (Ronsdale Press, 2001), nominated for The Golden Oak Award, and Winds Through Time (Beach Holme, 1998). Both are young adult anthologies of historical fiction. She is also the author of the Barkerville mystery series: Moses, Me and Murder (Pacific Educational Press, 1988), The Doctor’s Apprentice (Beach Holme, 1998)—nominated for the Sheila Egoff Award for Children’s Literature—and By The Skin of His Teeth (Beach Holme, 2004). All her books have received the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice Award, and she has also earned nominations for the Silver Birch and Geoffrey Bilson Awards. She lives near Williams Lake, BC.
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Stories to read over and over again,
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This review is from: Dark Times (Paperback)
It hurts too much to talk about. I wish the numbness would come back. The feeling of unreality that let's you go on thinking maybe it didn't happen. Instead, there's this bleak ... nothing. The impossible unfairness of it all. The total humiliation. Only words, all of this. What are words anyhow? Just little bits of sounds and shapes that are supposed to mean something. - 'A Few Words For My Brother' By Alison LohansCan you imagine having adopted grandparents? A grandmother, that does not remember you? Or a mother that runs away from home with no return? Ann Walsh edits to life, and to heart, thirteen separate stories that you want to read over and over. This book is all about relationships. Making you realize what you have, and how lucky you are, as these stories are written about kids that are not so fortunate. Dark Times caught me and pulled me in from the first page. The book gives the reader a feeling of gut wrenching truth, throughout the entire book. Every story presents a new problem and a new reality. People from ages 13 and up will enjoy this book. It causes tears, but gives hope as well. It is heartfelt, and beautifully put together through the eyes of teenagers. This book gives you the feeling of love and a mixture of every other emotion imaginable. I would highly recommend reading it. The book leaves you biting your lip and constantly wanting to turn to the next page. This Dark Times anthology is definitely deserving of 5 stars. Reviewed by Melissa, Age 13
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