About BC Books Online
BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
Our site features print books and ebooks - both new releases and backlist titles - all of which are available to order through regular trade channels. Browse our subject categories to find books of interest or create and export lists by category to cross-reference with your library's current collection.
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Description
Quid Pro Quo is a high-stakes, fast-moving legal thriller about real people, and funny ones at that. Cyril MacIntyre's mother is an ex-street kid who dragged her son to all her law-school classes, then proceeded to get kidnapped. That aside, Cyril's life isn’t too different from that of other thirteen-year-olds. He has all the usual adolescent issues to deal with: parent problems, self-esteem problems, skin and hair problems, and girl problems. But he has legal problems too. And he's got to solve them if he wants to save his mother's life.
Quid Pro Quo won the Arthur Ellis Award and the cbc Young Canada Reads 2009 award. It has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe and the Ann Connor Brimer. This 2018 edition has been updated with a new cover.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 9 to 12
- Grade:
- 4 to 7
- Reading age:
- 9 to 12
Awards
- Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
- Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice
- , New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) Young Adult Section Garden State Teen Book Award (GSTBA) - Fiction, Grade 6 to 8
- Commended, Texas Library Association (TLA) TAYSHAS List
- , Young Readers' Choice Book Awards of British Columbia (YRCABC) Red Cedar Book Awards
- , Mystery Writers of America (MWA) Edgar Awards - Best Young Adult
- Short-listed, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature
- , Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Award
- Commended, Bank Street College of Education Children's Book Committee Best Children's Books of the Year
- Short-listed, Canadian Library Association (CLA) Book of the Year for Children
- Commended, New York Public Library (NYPL) - Books for the Teen Age
- Winner, The Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award - Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book
Editorial Reviews
"A narrative laced with lighthearted and self-deprecating humor…Fast-paced and funny."
— Kirkus Reviews
"The narrator of this thoroughly engaging whodunit is the smartest mouth on two legs any of us could expect to meet."
— The Globe and Mail
"Investigation and legal components will engage fans of straightforward mysteries."
— Publishers Weekly
"Funny, clever! Four and a half stars."
— Today's Parent
