 Cover Image: Random House |
 Author Jessica Grant. Photo Credit: Malcolm Grant |
Random House Reader’s Guide – A great list of thought-provoking questions about the book’s themes.
OBOC 2011 Suggested Reading List – A list of related books, websites and videos available at the Medicine Hat College Libraries and the Medicine Hat Public Library.
About the book: (from RandomHouse.ca)
A delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and an IQ-challenged narrator who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery.
Audrey (a.k.a. Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred, her tortoise, when she finds out her dear father has been knocked into a coma back in Newfoundland. Despite her fear of flying, she goes to him, but not before she reluctantly dumps Winnifred with her unreliable friends. Poor Winnifred.
When Audrey disarms an Air Marshal en route to St. John’s we begin to realize there’s something, well, odd about her. And we soon know that Audrey’s quest to discover who her father really was – and reunite with Winnifred – will be an adventure like no other.
WINNER 2010 – Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award
WINNER 2010 – Evergreen Award (Ontario Library Association)
Finalist 2010 – Canadian Library Association – Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Nominee 2011 – International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
“It’s extraordinary, original and simultaneously both deep and lightheartedly charming… Jessica Grant has an engaging, wry and forthright style which echoes Miriam Toews, Don DeLillo, Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.… It’s a delight. Pick it up, and prepare to see everything from Methusalan mice to palm trees in England. Pack a lunch. You may end up reading all day.”
-The Globe and Mail
OBOC 2011 Event Schedule included:
An evening with Jessica Grant, author of Come, Thou Tortoise. Author talk followed by a wine & cheese reception and book signing. Book purchases available through Coles the Book People.
A day of facilitated book discussions and fun activities with Jessica Grant in attendance. Included performances by FUT in the Hat, a catered lunch, and a presentation by Stephanie Hancock.
