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The Green Angels
A tiny, beautiful, antique, wooden bird.... an abandoned wastelot.... rowdy neighbourhood kids.... the birth of a pretty community park.... All these come together to change Jenny Munroe's new apartment life and turn a bleak-looking summer into an exciting adventure.
140 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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June 15, 2021
I adore charity and cottage sales for delightful discoveries like “The Green Angels”, by a Canadian authoress unknown to me: Nicky Millard! My Mom always let me order a few new pleasure novels through our school, precisely in 1985 when I was small, so I wonder how this wonderful, authentic adventure was missed by me. I shall bring it to the notice of review readers hereon in! It is a masterpiece of realistic adventure right at home, without danger or sadness. I started life in apartments when I was very little and remember our surroundings of buildings and strangers. It is its own world in cities, which works fine by being polite and street smart about safety.
I was in a city house before age 10 but could have used advice about overcoming obnoxious kids who seemed unapproachable. A new pal helped Jenny Munroe feel comfortable playing outside, which let bored, loud kids acquaint her. There, youth drama ends. The rest of this spectacular, simple looking novel, surprised us with a richly layered, old local mystery! It grows more tantalizing and exciting as it goes along. I shall not spoil a thing. It had enticed me for being about gardening, by a Canadian. I was blown away to see it evolve into my favourite kind of personal, layered mysteries; which the very few who knew of them, gave up on solving decades ago!
The general premise of this wonderful novel is discovering a waste lot that the caretaker failed to develop when he was hired. It was a natural expanse of land for growing flowers, with a stream that would flow when free of debris. It made a marvellous project for kids, who entered a garden contest as “The Green Angels”. Do find yourselves a copy of this hidden gem!
I was in a city house before age 10 but could have used advice about overcoming obnoxious kids who seemed unapproachable. A new pal helped Jenny Munroe feel comfortable playing outside, which let bored, loud kids acquaint her. There, youth drama ends. The rest of this spectacular, simple looking novel, surprised us with a richly layered, old local mystery! It grows more tantalizing and exciting as it goes along. I shall not spoil a thing. It had enticed me for being about gardening, by a Canadian. I was blown away to see it evolve into my favourite kind of personal, layered mysteries; which the very few who knew of them, gave up on solving decades ago!
The general premise of this wonderful novel is discovering a waste lot that the caretaker failed to develop when he was hired. It was a natural expanse of land for growing flowers, with a stream that would flow when free of debris. It made a marvellous project for kids, who entered a garden contest as “The Green Angels”. Do find yourselves a copy of this hidden gem!
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