I’ll Be Home Soon
I’ll Be Home Soon
by Luanne Armstrong
$11.95
- July 2012
- print ISBN: 978-1-55380-180-1
- ebook ISBN: 978-1-55380-181-8
- 5-1/4″ x 7-5/8″ Trade Paperback, 194 pp
- Lexile Measure: 640L
- Young Reader Novel – Ages 9 to 12
In I’ll Be Home Soon, Luanne Armstrong takes the reader on a tension-filled ride as Regan, a young girl living in the inner city, searches for her mother who has mysteriously disappeared. Homeless but by no means hapless, Regan is on her own much of the time but also receives help from a wide diversity of people: a young homeless boy like herself, her kung fu teacher, a university researcher, her grandmother, and a group of people who survive as bottle pickers. On the street, she must learn who it is she can truly trust, and it is not always those whom she (and the reader) might expect. Through her search for her mother, and in her connections with the people who truly help and care for her, Regan discovers her own inner strength and independence. In this fast-paced and sensitive story, Armstrong draws us into the shadowy and difficult side of inner-city life to show us both the dark and the compassionate sides of the people who survive in its midst.
Click here to read an excerpt from I’ll Be Home Soon.
Reviews:
“Realistic and tightly plotted, I’ll be Home Soon is a modern thriller that contains all the hallmarks of a teen novel, with tempered violence and language that suits it perfectly to ‘tweens and young teens.”
—Canadian Review of Materials“Luanne Armstrong writes perceptive, beautifully narrated stories.”
—Vancouver Sun“Luanne Armstrong does an incredible job of leading the reader from subplot to subplot, looking for resolution, never setting up simple answers, whether it be the rescue of Regan’s mom or a perfect happy ending for Mike and Regan.”
—CanLit for Little Canadians
