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list price: $16.95
edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback eBook
category: Children's Fiction
published: Oct 2008
ISBN:9781554690404
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Watch Me

by Norah McClintock

tagged: law & crime, self-esteem & self-reliance, values & virtues
Description

At first Kaz intends to help the old lady who's fallen in the park. But then he starts thinking about how he never gets what he wants. The next thing he knows, he's running away with her purse. The purse contains only five dollars and a battered watch. When Kaz learns who the old woman is and where the watch came from, he begins to understand consequences in a new way.

About the Author

Norah McClintock

Norah McClintock was a prolific and acclaimed writer of crime and mystery novels for young readers. She won an unprecedented five Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing for Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death and Break and Enter — an accomplishment not matched by any other YA writer. She was also nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for her non-fiction title: Body, Crime, Suspect, and for the prestigious Anthony Award for No Escape. She had 60 books published over 25 years. Sadly, Norah passed away in 2017 while at the peak of her career.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
9 to 12
Grade:
4 to 7
Reading age:
9 to 12

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