2011, ISBN: 9780988114265

When Key Porter Books ceased operations in 2011, Gail Banning's Out on a Limb was one of many novels to go out of print despite strong sales and continued demand. Now back in print t… Mehr…

When Key Porter Books ceased operations in 2011, Gail Banning's Out on a Limb was one of many novels to go out of print despite strong sales and continued demand. Now back in print through a much smaller publisher, the adventures of Rosie and her family are once again available to the general public. Acclaimed for it's originality, Out on a Limb is the story of a 12-year-old Rosie, who convinces her apartment-hunting family to move into a huge treehouse left to them in the will of a mysterious ancestor. What daunts Rosie isn't the bizarre messages that keep appearing in the woods and stream and meadow - it's what to tell her snobby new classmates about her unconventional home. One evasive answer turns into a tangle of lies, and Rosie finds out that faking is hard work. Nominated for Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award and named one of Year's Best 2008 by Resource Links, Out on a Limb is described as highly original (BC Bookworld); surprising and heart-warming (City Parent Magazine); refreshing...a truly adventurous tale (Lancette Arts Journal). Quill & Quire decaled that Banning's whimsical first novel is filled with imaginative possibilities...young readers will finish Out on a Limb wanted to experience more Rosie, her family, and their treehouse adventure. Gail Banning, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Out on a Limb Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, Vivalogue Publishing<

2011, ISBN: 9780988114265

When Key Porter Books ceased operations in 2011, Gail Banning's Out on a Limb was one of many novels to go out of print despite strong sales and continued demand. Now back in print t… Mehr…

When Key Porter Books ceased operations in 2011, Gail Banning's Out on a Limb was one of many novels to go out of print despite strong sales and continued demand. Now back in print through a much smaller publisher, the adventures of Rosie and her family are once again available to the general public. Acclaimed for it's originality, Out on a Limb is the story of a 12-year-old Rosie, who convinces her apartment-hunting family to move into a huge treehouse left to them in the will of a mysterious ancestor. What daunts Rosie isn't the bizarre messages that keep appearing in the woods and stream and meadow - it's what to tell her snobby new classmates about her unconventional home. One evasive answer turns into a tangle of lies, and Rosie finds out that faking is hard work. Nominated for Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award and named one of Year's Best 2008 by Resource Links, Out on a Limb is described as highly original (BC Bookworld); surprising and heart-warming (City Parent Magazine); refreshing...a truly adventurous tale (Lancette Arts Journal). Quill & Quire decaled that Banning's whimsical first novel is filled with imaginative possibilities...young readers will finish Out on a Limb wanted to experience more Rosie, her family, and their treehouse adventure. Gail Banning, Books, Out on a Limb Books, Vivalogue Publishing<

ISBN: 9780988114265

An amazing treehouse is a better home than a smelly basement flat. Thats what Rosie decides when her family are left a treehouse in the estate of a mysterious old aunt. But after a summer… Mehr…

An amazing treehouse is a better home than a smelly basement flat. Thats what Rosie decides when her family are left a treehouse in the estate of a mysterious old aunt. But after a summer of fun exploring the meadow, swimming in the stream, and spying on great-great aunt Lydia, things get complicated. With her new school friends all calling mansions home, Rosie decides that living in a. An amazing treehouse is a better home than a smelly basement flat. Thats what Rosie decides when her family are left a treehouse in the estate of a mysterious old aunt. But after a summer of fun exploring the meadow, swimming in the stream, and spying on great-great aunt Lydia, things get complicated. With her new school friends all calling mansions home, Rosie decides that living in a treehouse is more than a little pitiful. How can she seriously expect to fit in when her house doesnt even have running water? The trouble starts with one little lie, but it doesnt take long for it to grow. Soon, Rosie is keeping secrets from her family, bribing Books, Children's Books~~Fiction~~Family & home stories, Out On A Limb~~Book~~9780988114265~~Gail Banning, , , , , , , , , ,<