Letters from Johnny / by Wayne Ng.
Publication details: Toronto ; Guernica Editions Inc., 2021.Description: 129 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781771835770 (trade pbk.)
- C813/.6 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J Fiction | Hanover Public Library Shelves | JFIC NG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001243774 |
Browsing Hanover Public Library shelves, Shelving location: Shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
JFIC NAYL Shiloh / | JFIC NESB Doctor Proctor's fart powder : who cut the cheese? / | JFIC NESB Silent (but deadly) night / | JFIC NG Letters from Johnny / | JFIC NGUY Pilu of the woods / | JFIC NGUY Anzu and the realm of darkness / | JFIC NICH Welcome to Stubtoe Elementary / |
Set in Toronto 1970, just as the FLQ crisis emerges to shake an innocent country, eleven year old Johnny Wong uncovers an underbelly to his tight, downtown neighbourhood. He shares a room with his Chinese immigrant mother in a neighbourhood of American draft dodgers and new Canadians. In a span of a few weeks his world seesaws. He is befriended by Rollie, one of the draft dodgers who takes on a fatherly and writing mentor role. Johnny's mother is threatened by the children's warfare society. Meany Ming, one of the characters by the rooming house is found murdered. He suspects the feline loving neighbour, the Catwoman. Inspired by an episode of Mannix, he tries to break into her house. Ultimately he is betrayed but he must act to save his family. He discovers a distant kinship with Jean, the son of one of the hostages kidnapped by the FLQ who have sent Canada into a crisis.
There are no comments on this title.