Lifelong poet and writer Jill MacLean took the literary world by storm when she began writing for children in 2008. Her honours include the Ann Connor Brimer and Red Cedar book awards, the IBBY Honor List, the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor list, and the VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers list. Her recent novel Nix Minus One won the Ann Connor Brimer Award, was a PW “Best New Books” pick, and has been shortlisted for the CLA Young Adult Book of the Year Award, the OLA Forest of Reading White Pine Award, and the SYRCA Snow Willow Award.
Quiet, out of shape, and bold only around his neighbour's neglected dog, Nix Humbolt is the polar opposite of his vibrant sister Roxy. But he'd do anything for her, even help her hide her late-night partying from their parents. And when Roxy goes too far, Nix’s feels like it's his life that's spir...
By Jill MacLean
