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Leslie Gentile

Leslie Gentile’s debut novel Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer won the City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize, the Jean Little First-Novel Award, and was shortlisted for nine other awards. Of Settler and Indigenous heritage, she lives on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people with her husband and their German shepherd.

Featured in Writing for the Next Generation

Shamus the Urban Rez Dog, P.I.

Shamus the Urban Rez Dog, P.I.

By Leslie Gentile

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