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Martha Brooks

Born

Manitoba, Canada

Genre

Young Adult, Memoir

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Martha Brooks is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Australia, as well as in Canada and the United States. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. Letters to Brian is her first book for adult readers. She lives in Winnipeg.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 2,602 ratings · 442 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	Queen of Hearts: Coming of Age in a Hospital Bed 3.66 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Confessions of a Heartless Girl 3.28 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistik Lake 3.55 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Moons in August 3.83 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1990 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Dance 3.47 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being with Henry 3.49 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Moon Song by Martha Brooks, Leticia Ruifernández (Illustrations) 3.56 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traveling on Into the Light 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Cafe and Other Stories 3.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hill for Looking 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“thoughts are cheap and they don't hurt anybody”
― Martha Brooks, Mistik Lake

tags: cheap, thoughts

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“But he photographs, they were irreplaceable. How should you determine the financial worth of a memory, one that looks at you, makes the world stop turning and takes your breath...”
― Martha Brooks

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“Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually by nature; and to revere the ancestors. We are all haunted and saved by our memories.”
― Martha Brooks, Bone Dance

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Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

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Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

6 votes 25.0%

Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard

5 votes 20.8%

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

3 votes 12.5%

The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow

2 votes 8.3%

Karma by Cathy Ostlere

2 votes 8.3%

Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks

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The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley

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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal

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Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.

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