Until Niagara Falls

by Jennifer Maruno

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Pub Date Feb 25 2020 | Archive Date Dec 08 2019

Dundurn Press

Children's Fiction | Middle Grade

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Description

Finalist, Hamilton Literary Award

Is friendship supposed to feel like walking over the falls?

Brenda is afraid of heights, being in the dark, and dog poop. Then she meets daring, rule-breaking Maureen and realizes their friendship is a bit like walking a tightrope — exciting but dangerous. Maureen encourages Brenda to use fire escapes, sleep outside in a tent, and walk through strange backyards.

Their friendship strains when Maureen makes fun of Harvey, Brenda's special needs neighbour. It strains even further when Maureen borrows Gran's bracelet and lies about returning it. Suddenly, Brenda realizes she has to be as brave as The Great Blondin, the man who walked across the falls, to get it back.

Advance Praise

"Readers at any age may see themselves on the pages of this superb historical fiction novel — I know I did. Times have changed, styles have changed, even the expectations placed on children’s behaviour have changed, but children’s hopes, needs, and dreams never do … Until Niagara Falls proves it." — Claudia White, author of Sevalious Window

"1960s Niagara Falls is vividly portrayed in this charming story of two utterly different girls struggling toward friendship." — Karen Bass, author of The Hill

"Jennifer Maruno forces her characters to walk the tightrope between right and wrong in order to escape loneliness. Compelling." — Sylvia McNicoll, author of the Great Mistake Mysteries

"Readers at any age may see themselves on the pages of this superb historical fiction novel — I know I did. Times have changed, styles have changed, even the expectations placed on children’s...