“Kit Pearson is a great talent in Canadian children’s literature.”
—The Guardian (Charlottetown)
“One of Canada’s best junior fiction writers.”
—The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)
“Pearson is a strong writer whose work puts to shame most of the books that kids spend so much time reading these days.”
—Ottawa Citizen
“Kit Pearson gives young readers a strong testament of the interlocking nature and power of reading, writing and living.”
—The Vancouver Sun
“Another magical tale from the master.”
—Toronto Star
“Dazzle. It’s not the right word for what Kit Pearson manages to do … but it’s close. Closer would be a word that catches the irregular glint of light reflected on water, street lights suspended in fog, an opalescent fracturing of time and genre to create something with its own unique glow.”
—Edmonton Journal
“Through the vivid observation of two summers, Pearson weaves a summer out of time and weaves as well a spell over her readers.”
—The Globe and Mail
“The very best in fiction for young adults. Kit Pearson does herself proud.”
—The Windsor Star
“Kit Pearson’s careful and exact research brings the period vividly before us.”
—The London Free Press
“The woman is a brilliant writer.”
—Kingston This Week
“Pearson superbly and gently captures the welter of emotions that beset a young teen who is experiencing the onset of adolescence and having to cope with its physical and emotional demands.”
—CM
“This is a writer at the top of her craft.”
—Quill & Quire
“Pearson’s real strength … lies in her ability to convey the texture of a specific time and place…. So vividly and lovingly evoked that it is almost possible to smell the pine trees.”
—Publishers Weekly