num_pages: 240
description: War-torn Afghanistan could not seem farther from Newfoundland, but it is about to change twelve-year-old tomboy Jack Cooper (or Jacqueline, as her mother insists on calling her) forever. When her father is killed in the war, she watches helplessly as her mother crumbles under sorrow and depression. Jack and her younger sister and brother, Tessa and Simon, end up across the country, living on a run-down farm in a small town on the Prairies with a great-grandmother they didn’t know existed. Worried that they will be abandoned again if Gran moves into a retirement home, Jack puts on a brave face and encourages Tessa and Simon to take on the challenges of their new life. In the process, she learns that families come in many different forms and that love, trust, and faith can build a home anywhere.
language: English
title: Porcupine
titlecomplete: Porcupine
genres: Fiction, Indonesian Literature, Contemporary, Canada, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Novels
ratings_count: 345
places: Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Tundra Books