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Jane and her family have moved to Canada . . . but not for long. When her stepfather, Ned, is fired from his job as a high school French teacher (seems he doesn't speak French), the family packs up and Jane embarks on a series of new adventures. At first, she imagines her family as a gang of outlaws, riding on horseback in masks, robbing trains, and traveling all the way to Mexico. But the reality is different: Setting off by car, they visit the tribe of Native Americans with whom Ned once lived, head to Las Vegas in search of Ned's magician brother, and wind up spending the summer with his eccentric mother on her ranch out west. As Jane lives through it all--developing a crush on a ranch hand, reevaluating her relationship with Ned, watching her sister Maya's painful growing up--she sees her world, which used to be so safe and secure, shift in strange and inconvenient ways.
From the Hardcover edition.
This sequel to My One Hundred Adventures can stand on its own, as a mystery in which "Who are you?" often proves more compelling than "Who done it?"
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reviewed Northward to the Moon on February 07, 2012
Northward to the Moon
Reviewed by Rachel Seigel
Picking up one year after My One Hundred Adventures, author Polly Horvath revisits Jane Fielding and her family, now living in Saskatchewan, where her stepfather Ned is teaching French. When Ned gets fired from his job (for not actually knowing French), Jane's imagination runs wild with all of the possibilities for adventure. She also senses Ned's restlessness and sees him as a kindred spirit. The family leaves Saskatchewan and sets off on a quest that takes them from a First Nations village to Ned's mother's horse ranch until they finally land back where they belong ' their beloved beach home in Cape Cod.
As with its companion book, Jane's voice carries this novel. She is funny, insightful and intelligent, and a truly likeable character. Jane is now 13 and she's an interesting mix of adult and child. At times, her insights are profound and mature, but as her first humiliating crush teaches her, she has a lot to learn about people and relationships. Jane does a great deal of learning and growing in this book, and family is at the heart of the story. This time, the adventures are not solely Jane's, and as she gets to know her new grandmother and aunts, she begins to understand that her search for adventure is different from Ned's own wandering spirit.
The book is beautifully written. The language is vivid and descriptive, and Horvath writes with humour and integrity. The characters are well-drawn, with unique personalities, and readers will be easily pulled into caring about them, and will leave anxious to read the next chapter in Jane's adventures.
Canadian Children's Book News (Summer 2010, Vol. 33, No. 3)
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