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Dorothy began her writing career in the early seventies when she came to Canada from England, where she was a teacher. At first she worked as a freelance journalist, contributing many articles to magazines in England and Canada and broadcasting regularly on CBC Radio. Urged on by her own children, she began writing her first YA novel, The Mystery of the Hemlock Ravine, which was published in 1986. It was followed in 1988 by Geoffrey Bilson Award winner, Rachel’s Revolution. Peril at Plover Point, a sequel to her first book, followed in 1991. Signal Across the Sea (1994), beginning in England and moving to Canada in World War II, drew on her own experiences of growing up in wartime. The idea for The Mastodon Mystery (1996) came from learning ...more

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Last Days in Africville

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The Mystery of the Hemlock ...

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Bridget’s Black ’47

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Rachel's Revolution

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Signal Across the Sea

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The return of the native,

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