| Wild Orchid Contributor(s): Brenna, Beverley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889953309 ISBN-13: 9780889953307 Publisher: Red Deer Press OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: "Shortlisted for Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year Award 2007 Manitoba Young Readers_ Choice Award nominee 2007 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Willow Awards nominee Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Starred Selection" McNally Robinson announced that "Wild Orchid" was one of the top five best selling books in Saskatechewan in 2006. Taylor Jane Simon is 18 years old and spending the summer with her mother in Prince Albert National Park. The holiday has been planned so Taylor's mother can spend time with her latest boyfriend, Danny, and work in the pizza restaurant near the park that Danny runs. Taylor would just as soon stay at home in Saskatoon, but because she suffers from an autistic condition called Asperger's Syndrome, she can't stay on her own. Taylor's mother encourages her daughter to explore the park's possibilities on her own. For Taylor, whose life experience has been seriously limited, this means facing the test of meeting new people who work in the park's nature center - and facing it alone. Summer also holds out the possibility of finding her own boyfriend, though Taylor isn't quite sure what that may involve. What she discovers will change her life forever. Written as an epistolary novel, "Wild Orchid" is frank but optimistic, literal yet innocent. A courageous wit attends Taylor's gradual emergence as her own person, and the reader will find the exploration of Taylor's mind a revealing and heartwarming encounter. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.52" W x 8.52" (0.42 lbs) 160 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 106993 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taylor Jane Simon is 18 years old and spending the summer with her mother in Prince Albert National Park. The holiday has been planned so Taylor's mother can spend time with her latest boyfriend, Danny, and work in the pizza restaurant near the park that Danny runs. Taylor would just as soon stay at home in Saskatoon, but because she suffers from an autistic condition called Asperger's Syndrome, she can't stay on her own. Taylor's mother encourages her daughter to explore the park's possibilities on her own. For Taylor, whose life experience has been seriously limited, this means facing the test of meeting new people who work in the park's nature center - and facing it alone. Summer also holds out the possibility of finding her own boyfriend, though Taylor isn't quite sure what that may involve. What she discovers will change her life forever. Written as an epistolary novel, Wild Orchid is frank but optimistic, literal yet innocent. A courageous wit attends Taylor's gradual emergence as her own person, and the reader will find the exploration of Taylor's mind a revealing and heartwarming encounter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brenna, Beverley: - Beverley Brenna |