| Up to Low Contributor(s): Doyle, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888996225 ISBN-13: 9780888996220 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Young Tommy hasn't been to the town of Low for two years - not since his mother's death. And it's been two years since he's seen little Baby Bridget, the girl with the trillium-shaped eyes. But now Tommy, his father, and his father's friend Frank are driving in a shiny new Buick up the through the Gatineau Hills to reach the small Quebecois town - a place steeped in the culture of its Irish settlers. A host of colorful characters await him in Low - Crazy Mickey, Tommy's 100-old Irish great-grandfather; Grandma Minnie, Mickey's 99-year-old wife; and dear Aunt Dottie, who carries a huge bottle of Lysol for washing raspberries and socks. Then there's Mean Hughie, Baby Bridget's abusive father who is ill with cancer. For Tommy, it's a summer when love and death are all mixed up - and healing comes in unexpected ways. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 4.8" W x 6.77" (0.22 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Geographic Orientation - Quebec |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8098 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Up to Low Young Tommy and Baby Bridget, the girl with the trillium shaped eyes, discover that loving and healing and dying are not always what they seem. And they make that discovery with the help of a wonderful cast of characters including Crazy Mickey, drunken Frank, and the Hummer. Brian Doyle, author of Hey, Dad and You Can Pick Me Up at Peggy's Cove, spent the summers of his boyhood in the Gatineau Hills, where he has set Up to Low. It is one of his finest novels for young people. Up to Low was the winner of the 1983 Canadian Literary Association Book of the Year Award. |