SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) A little brother with a pet cockroach. Streetwise Teddy usually stays out of sight of the bully nicknamed Arnie-zilla. But when his sickly-sweet little brother, Bobby, insults Arnie, and become the target of Arnie's wrath instead. When Arnie storms through Chinatown hunting Teddy, it's Bobby who comes to the rescue with a new pet, a cockroach named Hercules. …
The Stone Angel", "The Diviners", and "A Bird in the House" are three of the five books in Margaret Laurence's renowned "Manawaka series", named for the small Canadian prairie town in which they take place. Each of these books is narrated by a strong woman growing up in the town and struggling with physical and emotional isolation. "A Jest of God" and "The Fire Dwellers", the two other books in…