  Forget-Me-Not Reviews "Highly Recommended." CM Magazine University of Manitoba
Awards 2006 Honour Book Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction 2007 Short-listed BC Stellar Award
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"A beautifully written work on a gritty subject." Kirkus Review "Order multiple copies. You will need them." Voice of Youth Advocates, PA "...a realistic, gritty snapshot of street life..." The Horn Book Magazine "...excellent young teen novel..." Books In Canada "...provocative and thoughtful with a lot of heart." London Free Press 2003 "...believable and absolutely uncompromising..." CM Magazine
Awards 2008 short-listed Rhode Island Teen Book Award
"Rose is a powerfully drawn character. . . -- Canadian Children's Book News "A vivid, captivating story filled with believable people." Children's Book News 2002 Awards
...vivid and credible. Historic details enhance the story without
cluttering down the crisp, pleasing prose or romanticising the past." These are real people, not historic representatives... "In Flying Geese, Barbara Haworth-Attard does a marvelous job of
depticting the complexities of family dynamics...The characters and the
dialogue in this novel carry a poignancy and authenticity that
immediately draw the reader in and bridge generation gaps..." "...a sensitive and realistic story about an improverished
family..."
Awards
Reviews ... a little gem of a novel. Haworth-Attard's writing is deft and convincing. This is living history, richly detailed and enjoyable. Haworth-Attard dextrously mixes the ordinary with the
extraordinary... a powerful picture. Reviews "This is a stock lonely kid resolves his problems story. What sets
it apart are the fine characterizations and strong writing. All the
characters are interesting and believable and the reader cares what
happens to them." "...excellent dialogue, a hint of the supernatural, and a positive message." CBRA Truth Singer Reviews "Eventful and readable, The Truthsinger is a good fantasy..." "Descriptive passages come with an enviable agility of tone and
there is a general economy in the writing that would be admirable in any
novelist of any genre." "From the threads of music and magic inherent in language,
Haworth-Attard skilfully weaves the cloth of a superbly literate
fantasy."
Reviews "Barbara did her homework; she researched and interviewed home
children themselves and the families that took them in. She was keenly
empathetic to all the undercurrents of emotion her critical senses took
in and she has bared them in the story...Highly recommended." "Adults and children alike will be moved by this poignant and
simply told story, which is based on real-life experiences. Highly
recommended."
Reviews "This story has the rock-in-a-still-pond effect of really
successful short fiction."
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