The Great and the Small
The Great and the Small
Olivier Guérin
, Ken Gilmour
, Natasha Andres
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Pat Johnston
, Barry Kazimer
, Agnes Marshall
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Cheryl Johnson
, Louise Walsh
, Jude Castillo
, Holly Elisabeth
, Robyn Johnson
, Marilyn Stanley
, Tanya Blake
, Patricia Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Sharon Forzley
, Meghan Barton
, Randi Ann Doll
, Noelle Walsh
, Brittney Warren
, Dorothy Wong
, Lynn Andrews
, Linda Leitch
, Dorothy Wong
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Melissa Massey
, Carson Loveless
, Damen Rae
, Joseph Chirayil
, Alanna Virtue
, Karen Kendrick
, Sarah Schwartz
, Elle Kishia
, Joshua Lewis
, Allison Dube
, Andrea Pole
, Loretta Garbutt
, Mary Therrien
, Tanis Anne
, Russell Reitsema
, Janice Cournoyer
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, diana kirkwood
, Cherryl Koylass
, Prabh Toor
, Kim Cappellina
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Fiona Kelly
, Sarah Dalton
, Keltey Buchko
, Amy Cieslak
, Kate Rutter
, jane luce
, Terra Patrick
, Donna Gamache
, Wendy Burleson
, Phyllis VanDusen
, Thelma Ball
, Margaret McKay
, Nicki D'Angelo
, Darlene Foster
, Christine Lion
, Peter Halasz
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Chantal Vulker
, Joe Titone
, Melanie Solar
, poucHIe Teske
, Rachel Edmonds
, Gail Reid
, Wendy Houlden
, Emily Johansen
, Chris Lantz
, Karyn Huenemann
, Kim Carswell
, Rose Ghaedi
, Kym Marsh
, Kevin Smith
, Lisa Mallia
, Benita Hartwell
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Huguette Lemieux
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Heather Belliveau
, Roland Schigas
, Sheila Spence
, Molly Campbell
, Amanda Clarke
, Danielle MacKinlay
, Sandra Ruston
, Sara Conway
, Ching Ching Wu
, Karen Lowe
, Pamela Jessen
, liv Girardin
, Andre Sobers
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Janet Hosokawa
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Brad MULLER
, Ashley Stones
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Sandra Lackie
, Boe Waight
, Q M Isteeaqul Alam
, jaynie jackson
, Paula Adam
, Taya Young
, Morgan Stewart
, Joe Mitchell
, Katie Kah
, Daria Krykhtin
, LJ Law
, Ellen Clarke
, Lucy DaSilva
, Lindsay Simmons
, Kim Rasberry
, Daniela Rowane Thapa
, Dot Mann
, Michelle Arsenault
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Ananda is a troubled teen who feels like a misfit at home and at her new school, and her unusual ability to connect with animals makes her feel like even more of an outsider. Still raw from the death of her grandmother, Ananda's dreams are haunted by a long-buried memory that causes her to push people away.
Fin is a Tunnel rat who lives in the passages beneath the city, in the dark places humans overlook or despise. Orphaned as a pup, he is the nephew of the Tunnel's charismatic leader, the Beloved Chairman, and is willing to do anything to please his uncle, including becoming his lead henchman.
The worlds of humans and rats suddenly collide when Ananda protects Fin during a chance encounter in the market. Neither can foresee how their lives will forever be inextricably linked, but as the Chairman launches a plague war against the humans, both Fin and Ananda wrestle with secrets so terrible that they threaten their very existence.
Told as mirroring narratives that reverberate with the effects of buried trauma, and informed by historical accounts of plague and dictatorship, this stunning tale examines what it takes to grasp for light in the darkness and survive the threats both beyond us and within us.
