Sylvia McNicoll is the award-winning author of more than 30 novels for young people. Once a financial clerk earning her English degree at night from Concordia University in Montreal, Sylvia has since been a teacher and the editor of Today’s Parent Toronto. Today Sylvia is a full-time writer who also gives her time to the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and Access Copyright. Sylvia lives in Burlington, Ontario.
In 1912, 12-year-old immigrant William Alton's adoptive city offers a prize for the child who can improve sanitation by killing the most flies. William first sets out to win to avenge the sickness and deaths of his mother and sister, but competition with classmates almost makes him lose sight of the...
