Ordinary Miracles

By Diana Aspin

It starts with the story of Arthur Clive Pinner, a Home Boy shipped to Canada in 1909, desperate for some kind of refuge. Flash forward ninety years: the now ancient Art Pinner sits in his wheelchair, vaguely aware of the intrigues and stresses of twenty-first century Sky Falls.

The real-life dramas swirling around Art make up the bulk of this collection of thirteen stories about a group of young people coming of age in a small town in northern Ontario. These are stories in which teenagers come to terms with their sexuality, with private shame and public tragedy, with emerging love, with heroism-and with the inexplicable spirits and small miracles that are at work in their lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889952779
• ISBN13: 9780889952775
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Red Deer Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

Especially recommended for teens and young adults

Ordinary Miracles is a collection of thirteen stories by Canadian author Diana Aspin, and which revolve around a seemingly common Canadian community. Here are the stories of a man who escaped abusive foster parents in 1909, met a girl from the future, then later found a home, grew up, married, and grew old - as he enters the twenty-first century he remembers the futuristic girl from his memories and the landing card he once gave to her. A thoughtful, moving, and progressive work, Ordinary Miracles is especially recommended for teens and young adults as it draws the reader into its fascinating details of life and love.