Title: The Watcher
Author: Margaret BuffiePublish Date: Reprint Edition Sep. 1, 2000Publisher: Kids Can PressPages: 264IBSN: 1550748319Classification: FictionGenre: Supernatural Fantasy
Annotation: Emma takes a summer job for a strange and mysterious elderly neighbor who introduces her to board game that can take you to a whole different world-literally.
Fifteen-year-old Emma is a child apart – not only from the other students at school and in her community, but from her family as well. She looks and feels different, as many other teens do. While her parents happily pursue their daily routine, Emma senses danger. She knows that she must watch over the family day and night, but she does not know why. Things spin out of control when she takes a summer job caring for an eccentric, elderly neighbour, and Emma is drawn into playing a strange board game.
Summary: Feeling different then the people around and her family after moving to her Grandpa's farm in the countryside of Canada, (where Mom's a beekeeper, Dad make hinges, and younger sister, Summer, lingers with an unspecified illness), Emma wonders where she fits in. She has horrible dreams and sense danger but cant pinpoint it. But after Emma begins working for an elderly neighbor that her parents insist on her fear becomes a reality and she is introduced to worlds she never thought possible.
Reading Log: This complex, smart fantasy carries themes of estrangement, separation, fitting-it and belonging and brings up great conversations dealing with the unknown. This is a fantasy but is rooted in the Canadian experience. Margaret Buffie is an award winning author and this is a nice addition to her repertoire. She began her career as an artist and the imagination plays a big role in her novel.
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The Watcher Website: http://buffie.netfirms.com/watcher.htm
Annotation: Emma takes a summer job for a strange and mysterious elderly neighbor who introduces her to board game that can take you to a whole different world-literally.
Fifteen-year-old Emma is a child apart – not only from the other students at school and in her community, but from her family as well. She looks and feels different, as many other teens do. While her parents happily pursue their daily routine, Emma senses danger. She knows that she must watch over the family day and night, but she does not know why. Things spin out of control when she takes a summer job caring for an eccentric, elderly neighbour, and Emma is drawn into playing a strange board game.
Summary: Feeling different then the people around and her family after moving to her Grandpa's farm in the countryside of Canada, (where Mom's a beekeeper, Dad make hinges, and younger sister, Summer, lingers with an unspecified illness), Emma wonders where she fits in. She has horrible dreams and sense danger but cant pinpoint it. But after Emma begins working for an elderly neighbor that her parents insist on her fear becomes a reality and she is introduced to worlds she never thought possible.
Reading Log: This complex, smart fantasy carries themes of estrangement, separation, fitting-it and belonging and brings up great conversations dealing with the unknown. This is a fantasy but is rooted in the Canadian experience.
Margaret Buffie is an award winning author and this is a nice addition to her repertoire.
She began her career as an artist and the imagination plays a big role in her novel.
Websites: http://buffie.netfirms.com/about.htm
The Watcher Website: http://buffie.netfirms.com/watcher.htm
