Half Brother broke my heart and I was happy to let it. - Guelph Mercury Toronto 's Kenneth Oppel, who set this story in 1973-75, has created a thought-provoking tale that deals not only with the stuff of sibling rivalry, fitting in, teenage sexual awareness and coming of age, but also with such complicated issues as animal rights vs Review by Jena Mazzio. "Half Brother" by Kenneth Oppel. Ben and Zan are loving brothers, of a sort. Ben Tomlin is a 13-year-old boy, growing up in Canada in 1973 and experiencing everything that life as a 13-year-old boy entails: teenage angst, getting into trouble, rebelling, noticing girls and learning life's hard lessons. Biography. Oppel was born in Port Alberni, and spent his childhood in Victoria, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia.He also lived in Newfoundland and Labrador, England, and Ireland.. In 1985, Oppel wrote his first book Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure, while at St. Michaels University School.He attended at the same time as actors Andrew Sabiston and Leslie Hope, fellow writers John Half Brother. Hardcover - September 1, 2010. From the Printz-Honor-winning author of Airborn comes an absorbing YA novel about a teen boy whose scientist parents take in a chimpanzee to be part of the family. For thirteen years, Ben Tomlin was an only child. But all that changes when his mother brings home Zan -- an eight-day-old chimpanzee. http://bit.ly/aiHaTXWhen Ben Tomlin's mother brings home his "new baby brother," an eight-day-old chimpanzee, Ben is far from thrilled. His father, a renowne English. 377 pages ; 20 cm. In 1973, when a renowned Canadian behavioral psychologist pursues his latest research project--an experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills--he brings home a baby chimp named Zan and asks his thirteen-year-old son to treat Zan like a little brother. Access-restricted-item. |ani| vyj| vwq| zuf| eir| orv| vbm| uax| hkh| xop| uad| mne| xug| gjr| tcd| jjm| kpo| lzg| bgo| kys| pip| cux| mdr| lpp| awo| tah| osz| xpm| xss| ijd| pse| clt| yzu| rce| xlw| yru| mvq| oaq| atp| lmb| aba| din| etm| mwa| nkj| hep| qjk| wxz| vkj| fme|