National Network for Equitable Library Service

"Twelve-year-old Pepper and her misfit brother, Everett, are spending their summer on Shack Island with Grandma.

An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

Inspired by a true incident of mass hysteria in Le Roy, New York in 2011-2012, Songs from a Small Town (in a Minor Key) is a novel written as a series of stories from different points of view.