A summer night. A Saturday. For Claire, this summer feels fantastic because she’ll be zooming off to college in the fall. For her younger sister, Natalie, it’s an okay time with her friends: summer jobs, then hanging out. Fun mostly, but nothing special.
A summer night. An accident. Life changes in a heartbeat.
In Would You, Marthe Jocelyn tells a haunting story of tragedy and loss, of how one day can shape the next and at the same time emphasize the magnitude of life.
WINNER Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
WINNER USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Trade Book
WINNER
| 2009 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
WINNER
| 2008 Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Books
NOMINEE Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award
"It is difficult to overstate the brilliance of Would You...." — The Globe and Mail
"The narrative's strength is in its candor.... A realistic and very credible account of how one family's life is inexplicably and unexpectedly shattered." — Kirkus Review
Toronto-born MARTHE JOCELYN is the award-winning author and illustrator of nearly fifty books for children of all ages. Her picture book Sam Sorts was honored by the United States Board on Books for Youth as an Outstanding International Book, and another picture book, Hannah's Collections, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustration. Her novel Mable Riley won the inaugural TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Marthe is also the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work.
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A summer night. A Saturday. For Claire, this summer feels fantastic because she’ll be zooming off to college in the fall. For her younger sister, Natalie, it’s an okay time with her friends: summer jobs, then hanging out. Fun mostly, but nothing special.
A summer night. An accident. Life changes in a heartbeat.
In Would You, Marthe Jocelyn tells a haunting story of tragedy and loss, of how one day can shape the next and at the same time emphasize the magnitude of life.
Awards
WINNER Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
WINNER USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Trade Book
WINNER
| 2009 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
WINNER
| 2008 Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Books
NOMINEE Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award
Reviews
"It is difficult to overstate the brilliance of Would You...." — The Globe and Mail
"The narrative's strength is in its candor.... A realistic and very credible account of how one family's life is inexplicably and unexpectedly shattered." — Kirkus Review
Author
Toronto-born MARTHE JOCELYN is the award-winning author and illustrator of nearly fifty books for children of all ages. Her picture book Sam Sorts was honored by the United States Board on Books for Youth as an Outstanding International Book, and another picture book, Hannah's Collections, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustration. Her novel Mable Riley won the inaugural TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Marthe is also the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work.
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